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Registration apparatus for registering images

US10685452B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Rolf Dieter Bippus · Hamburg, DE
Sven Kabus · Hamburg, DE
Michael Grass · Hanstedt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 17, 2016
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30104
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a registration apparatus (14) for registering images comprising a unit (11) for providing a first and a second image of an object, such that an image element of the first image at a respective position has been reconstructed by multiplying projection data values of rays traversing the image element with weights and by backprojecting the weighted projection data values, a unit (12) for providing a confidence map comprising for different positions in the first image confidence values being indicative of a likelihood that an image feature is caused by a structure of the object, the confidence value being calculated as a sum of a function, which depends on the respective weight, over the rays traversing the respective image element, and a unit (13) for determining a transformation for registering the first and second image to each other under consideration of the confidence map.

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