Registration of multi-modality images
US8108024B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 5, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for generating registered diagnostic images (58, 62), such as nuclear and magnetic resonance (MR) images, of a subject includes a nuclear imaging device (10) for generating emission diagnostic images (58) and optionally also intermediate transmission or emission images (56). A second imaging device (12), such as an MR imaging device generates magnetic resonance diagnostic images (62) and optionally also intermediate images which are more readily registered with images from the nuclear imaging device than the diagnostic MR images. Processing for the images includes a preprocessing portion (64) for generating a transform for aligning common anatomical structures in images (56, 58, 60, 62) generated by the nuclear imaging device and the MR imaging device and a diagnostic image registration portion for applying the transform to bring the emission and magnetic resonance diagnostic images into registration (58, 62).
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