Bone suppression in X-ray imaging
US9875531B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 3, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2211/404
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to medical image viewing in relation with navigation in X-ray imaging. In order to provide improved X-ray images, for example for cardiac procedures, allowing a facilitated perception while ensuring that increased details are visible, a medical image viewing device (10) for navigation in X-ray imaging is provided that comprises an image data providing unit (12), a processing unit (14), and a display unit (16). The image data providing unit is configured to provide an angiographic image of a region of interest of an object. The processing unit is configured to identify a suppression area for partial bone suppression within the angiographic image, and to identify and locally suppress predetermined bone structures in the angiographic image in the suppression area, and to generate a partly-bone-suppressed image. Further, the display unit is configured to display the partly-bone-suppressed image.
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