AUTOMATIC BORDER DELINEATION AND DIMENSIONING OF REGIONS USING CONTRAST ENHANCED IMAGING - Patent 0829068

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EP 0 829 068 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	18.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/12

(21)	Application number: 96916909.0

(22)	Date of filing: 30.05.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 6/ 03^{( . )}
A61B 8/ 00^{( . )}
G06T 1/ 00^{( . )}

A61B 5/ 055^{( . )}
G06K 9/ 38^{( . )}
G06T 5/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/008257

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/038815 (05.12.1996 Gazette 1997/01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

31.05.1995 US 19950455835

(71)	Applicant: MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
	San Diego, CA 92121-2789 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	LEVENE, Harold San Diego, CA 92122 (US)

(74)	Representative: Goldin, Douglas Michael, et al
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5LX London WC1R 5LX (GB)

(54)	AUTOMATIC BORDER DELINEATION AND DIMENSIONING OF REGIONS USING CONTRAST ENHANCED IMAGING