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Anonymisation of medical patient images using an atlas

US11593519B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Blumhofer · Neubiberg, DE
Jens Schmaler · Mering, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 7, 2021
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG16H30/40
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for generating an anonymized medical image of an anatomical body part of a patient, a corresponding computer program, a program storage medium storing such a program and a computer for executing the program, as well as a medical system comprising an electronic data storage device and the aforementioned computer. The disclosed method encompasses establishing a mapping from a patient image onto an atlas, changing that mapping, and applying the inverse of the changed mapping to the atlas in order to transform image content from the atlas to the patient image in order to achieve a deformed and thereby anonymised appearance of the patient image.

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