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Method and system for model-based fusion of multi-modal volumetric images

US9824302B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Sasa Grbic · Plainsboro, US
Razvan Ioan Ionasec · Lawrenceville, US
Yang Wang · Plainsboro, US
Bogdan Georgescu · Plainsboro, US
Tommaso Mansi · Plainsboro, US
Dorin Comaniciu · Princeton Junction, US
Yefeng Zheng
Shaohua Kevin Zhou · Plainsboro, US
Matthias John · Nuremberg, DE
Jan Boese · Eckental, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 6, 2012
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 28, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V10/803
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for fusion of multi-modal volumetric images is disclosed. A first image acquired using a first imaging modality is received. A second image acquired using a second imaging modality is received. A model and of a target anatomical structure and a transformation are jointly estimated from the first and second images. The model represents a model of the target anatomical structure in the first image and the transformation projects a model of the target anatomical structure in the second image to the model in the first image. The first and second images can be fused based on estimated transformation.

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