Four dimensional reconstruction and characterization system

A method comprising:

• receiving, at an interface, a first input to slice a stack of two-dimensional images into one or more planes to form one or more virtual images in any arbitrary orientation, wherein the stack of two-dimensional images depicts an object of interest;
• receiving, at the interface, a second input to segment the one or more virtual images;
• generating, by a processor, a one or more seed points on the one or more virtual images based on the second input;
• automatically ordering, by the processor, the one or more seed points using a magnetic linking method;
• generating, by the processor, contours corresponding to the object of interest using a live-wire algorithm;
• performing, by the processor, a first three-dimensional construction of the object of interest based on the contours;
• converting, by the processor, the contours into seed points for a subsequent set of images;
• and
• performing, by the processor, a second three-dimensional construction of the object of interest corresponding to the subsequent set of images.

An article of manufacture including a tangible computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a first input to slice a stack of two-dimensional images into one or more planes to form one or more virtual images in any arbitrary orientation, wherein the stack of two-dimensional images depicts an object of interest;
• receiving a second input to segment the one or more virtual images;
• generating one or more seed points on the one or more virtual images based on the second input;
• automatically ordering the one or more seed points using a magnetic linking method;
• generating contours corresponding to the object of interest using a live-wire algorithm;
• performing a first three-dimensional construction of the object of interest based on the contours;
• converting the contours into seed points for a subsequent set of images;
• and
• performing a second three-dimensional construction of the object of interest corresponding to the subsequent set of images.