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Error adaptive functional imaging

US8170308B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

Alexander Fischer · Aachen, DE
Lothar Spies · Aachen, DE
Carsten Meyer · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 1, 2007
Grant date	May 1, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 24, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30096
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for use in functional medical imaging includes adaptively partitioning functional imaging data as a function of a spatially varying error model. The functional image data is partitioned according to an optimization strategy. The data may be visualized or used to plan a course of treatment. In one implementation, the image data is partitioned so as to vary its spatial resolution. In another, the number of clusters is varied based on the error model.

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