Method, a system and a computer program for integration of medical diagnostic information and a geometric model of a movable body

US7822246B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

• Julien Senegas · Hamburg, DE
• Cristian Lorenz · Hamburg, DE
• Thomas Netsch · Hamburg, DE
• Heiner Gunnar Konrad Lund · Hamburg, DE
• Alexander Stork · Sulzbach/Saar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 16, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2210/41
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The system 10 comprises an input 2 for accessing the suitable input data. The core of the system 10 is formed by a processor 4 which is arranged to operate the components of the system 10, it being the input 2, a computing unit 5, a working memory 6. The computing unit 5 preferably comprises a suitable number of executable subroutines 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, and 5f to enable a constructing of a geometric model of the movable body based on the results of the segmentation step, finding a spatial correspondence between the first and second image dataset, mapping the texture image dataset on geometric model, fusing the geometric model and the mapped texture image dataset. The apparatus 10 according to the invention further comprises a coder 7 arranged to code the determined region of interest in accordance to a pre-selected criterion. The criterion may be selectable from a list of valid criteria, stored in a file 7a. Preferably, the coder 7, the computing unit 5 and the processor 4 are operable by a computer program 3, preferably stored in memory 8. An output 9 is used for outputting the results of the processing, like fused image data representing the textured, preferably animated geometr…