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Fusion of 3D volumes with CT reconstruction

US8724874B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignees

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · US

Inventors

Wolfgang Wein · Princeton, US
Estelle Camus · Erlangen, DE
Matthias John · Nuremberg, DE
Ali Kamen · Skillman, US
Christophe Duong · Mountain View, US
Chenyang Xu · Allentown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 29, 2010
Grant date	May 13, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 6, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30048
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for registration of ultrasound device in three dimensions to a C-arm scan, the method including acquiring a baseline volume, acquiring images in which the ultrasound device is disposed, locating the device within the images, registering the location of the device to the baseline volume, acquiring an ultrasound volume from the ultrasound device, registering the ultrasound volume to the baseline volume, and performing fusion imaging to display a view of the ultrasound device in the baseline volume.

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