C-arm calibration method for 3D reconstruction in an imaging system
US5963613A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S378/901
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A C-arm calibration method for 3D reconstruction in an imaging system comprising an imaging source and an imaging plane, utilizes a planar transformation for relating voxels in a voxel space and pixels in the imaging plane, and comprises the steps of defining a source coordinate system in reference to the imaging source; defining first and second normal planes in the voxel space, the planes being parallel to one another, neither including the origin of the source coordinate system and being substantially normal to an optical axis from the source to the imaging plane; defining a relationship between the source coordinate system and another coordinate system, herein referred to as a world coordinate system, by a rotation parameter, identifying pixel location coordinates for a respective pixel corresponding to each voxel in each of the first and second normal planes by utilizing the rotation parameter, storing a value of a filtered image at the respective pixel location; and accumulating contributions corresponding to a plurality of image projections so as to thereby reconstruct the each voxel on each of the first and second normal planes.
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