Method and system for registering a medical image
US8953856B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 24, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30061
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for registering a medical image with a model mapping a skeletal structure. The method comprises receiving a medical image depicting a plurality of bones, providing a statistical model mapping a reference skeletal structure having a plurality of reference anatomical elements, and registering medical image with the statistical model according to at least one constraint defined by the plurality of reference anatomical elements.
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