Method for enhanced voxel resolution in MRI image
US8472689B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 28, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/10088
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for providing an enhanced 3-D image for a volume imaging apparatus obtains 3-D volume images of an object at a first resolution and forms a 3-D matrix of voxels at a second, higher resolution. Two or more 3-D volume images that have different spatial orientations and that intersect at the voxel are registered. The voxel is mapped to the 3-D matrix. Inpainting fills in gap regions between mapped voxels in the 3-D matrix. A simulated first-resolution data value is generated according to one or more 3-D matrix values. The simulated first-resolution data value is compared with an observed first-resolution value from the 3-D volume images and, until the simulated first resolution data value is within a predetermined threshold value of the observed first-resolution value or until a predetermined number of iterations is reached, the 3-D matrix voxel values are adjusted and the simulated first-resolution data value recomputed.
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