Process for reconstructing a tridimensional image of a moving object
US6643392B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2211/424
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A process for reconstructing a tridimensional image of an object moving with a substantially cyclic motion, for example the vessels of the human heart, in which, for an acquisition duration extending over several cycles of the movement of the object, an acquisitio of a plurality of initial digital radiographic images is performed using a snapshot apparatus rotating around the object. Initial images having the same temporal occurrence in the course of each cycle are selected respectively in successive cycles so as to form a group of images which is associated with this same temporal occurrence. Several different groups of initial images corresponding respectively to several different temporal occurrences are formed. An intermediate tridimensional representation of the object is reconstructed on the basis of each group of initial images and of an iterative image reconstruction algorithm. A law of spatial deformation between two intermediate tridimensional representations is formulated on the basis of the two intermediate tridimensional representations corresponding to two successive temporal occurrences, and a final tridimensional representation of the object is reconstructed on the …
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