Apparatus for C-arm calibration for 3D reconstruction in an imaging system utilizing planar transformation
US5963612A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 31, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S378/901
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus for C-arm calibration for 3D reconstruction in an imaging system comprising an imaging source and an imaging plane, and utilizing a planar transformation for relating voxels in a voxel space and pixels in the imaging plane, comprises data storage apparatus for storing a definition of a source coordinate system in reference to the imaging source; data storage apparatus for storing a definition of a normal plane in the voxel space, not including the origin of the source coordinate system and being substantially normal to an optical axis from the source to the imaging plane; data storage apparatus for storing a definition of a relationship between the source coordinate system and another coordinate system, herein referred to as a world coordinate system, by transformation parameters; apparatus for identifying pixel location coordinates for a respective pixel corresponding to each voxel in the normal plane by utilizing planar to planar transformation parameters; data storage apparatus for storing a value of a filtered image at the respective pixel location; and a data processor for accumulating contributions corresponding to a plurality of image projections so as to thereby r…
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