Image interpolation for medical imaging
US8571277B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 18, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T3/4007
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Presented are systems and methods that allow for interpolation of a 3-D volume from arbitrarily oriented 2-D medical images. The interpolation of 3-D volume from arbitrarily oriented 2-D images reduces or eliminates most constraints on image acquisition thereby allowing for, inter alia, freehand manipulation of an image acquisition device (e.g. an ultrasound transducer). Related utilities involve the use of prior information about a specific object of interest to interpolate a surface (e.g., 3-D surface) of the object from limited information obtained from very few 2-D images.
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