Patient modeling from multispectral input image volumes
US9245208B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 9, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30016
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is provided for generating patient models from multiple imaging contrast sources which may be, for example from magnetic resonance imaging without computed tomography. The method includes: acquiring multiple sets of image data representing a volume of a patient using magnetic resonance imaging, wherein each set of image data is acquired in a different manner so as to create contrast amongst tissue types of the patient; classifying tissue in each voxel in the volume using the multiple sets of image data as input to a classification algorithm; and generating a patient model for the volume from probability distributions of the classes of tissue as derived from the classification algorithm.
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