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Medical image data processing apparatus and method

US9542529B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Brian Mohr · Edinburgh, GB
Malcolm Campbell · Edinburgh, GB
Colin J. Roberts · Brookfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2013
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 7, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/10072
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical image data processing apparatus comprises a registration unit configured to perform a non-rigid registration of a first set of medical image data and a second set of medical image data, wherein the registration unit is further configured to determine, for at least one region, a rigid or affine registration that is an approximation of the non-rigid registration.

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