A system and method for automatically segmenting bone regions from
Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) volume data is disclosed. A locally
operated bone detector distinguishes between bone regions and contrast
agent filled vessels. A filtering operator removes small noise from the
detected bone regions. A dilator expands the filtered detected bone
regions to adjacent trabecular bones. A processor applies the dilated
detected bone regions to the CTA volume data. A display shows the applied
CTA volume data.