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Providing a medical image

US11514623B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

UNVERSITÄT ZÜRICH · CH
Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Andre Ritter · Buckenhof, DE
Christian Hofmann · Erlangen, DE
Matthias Guckenberger · Blatten, CH
Stephanie Tanadini-Lang · Wettswil, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 12, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2211/408
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method is for providing a medical image of a patient, acquired via a computed tomography apparatus. An embodiment of the method includes acquiring first projection data of a first measurement region; acquiring second projection data of a second measurement region; registering a reference image to the at least one respiration-correlated image of the patient, wherein the reference image corresponds to the at least one functional image of the patient or is reconstructed under a second reconstruction rule from the second projection data, to produce a deformation model; applying the deformation model to the at least one functional image of the patient; combining the at least one functional image of the patient, deformed by the applying of the deformation model, with the at least one respiration-correlated image of the patient, to produce the medical image of the patient; and providing the medical image of the patient.

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