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5D cone beam CT using deformable registration

US10062168B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL AG · CH

Inventors

Marcus Brehm · Erlangen, DE
Marc Kachelriess · Nuremberg, DE
Pascal Paysan · Basel, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 26, 2016
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 15, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30048
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus includes: an input configured to receive a plurality of images, wherein the images include respective sub-images of a bodily part of a subject, and wherein a position of the bodily part relates to a breathing movement and a cardiac movement of the subject; a first registration engine configured to determine a first registration of at least two breathing correlated images, wherein the at least two breathing correlated images comprise two of the plurality of images or are derived from at least some of the plurality of images; a second registration engine configured to determine a second registration of at least two cardiac correlated images; and a volumetric image generator configured to generate a volumetric image using the first registration and the second registration.

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