The invention relates to a medical imaging station including acquisition
means ACQ for obtaining images IM exhibiting levels of gray, means DIS of
displaying images IM, segmentation means SEG for segmenting at least one
imaged object, said segmentation means SEG determining a so-called
segmentation zone IMS delimiting the image object on the image, and means
TR of extracting at least one path PAT within the segmentation IMS. The
station according to the invention is such that the extraction means
include means POS of positioning an initial point on the segmentation,
means PROP of propagating an edge within the segmentation IMS from the
initial point, means TES of testing the connectedness of the edge, means
LAB of labeling portions of the edge, referred to as ramifications, when
a non-connected edge is detected, means IDE of identifying final points
PF of the propagation on the ramifications, path tracing means TRA for
tracing a path PAT from final points PF and the initial point.
Application: Medical imaging