Device, imaging system and method for correction of a medical breast image

    公开(公告)号:US10373374B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-06

    申请号:US16074469

    申请日:2017-02-15

    Abstract: The present invention relates to device and method for correction of a medical breast image. To provide for an improved correction, said device comprises a medical image input (31) for obtaining a medical breast image of subject's breast potentially showing artificial deformations of the breast, a scan image input (32) for obtaining a scan image of the same subject's breast showing the breast in a predetermined position of the subject and comprising surface information of the breast, a simulation unit (33) for generating a simulated medical breast image from the obtained medical breast image, said simulated medical breast image showing the breast in the same predetermined position of the subject as the scan image and representing the breast surface by a surface mesh, wherein said simulation unit (33) is configured to generate said simulated medical breast image based on a volumetric biomechanical model, and wherein material parameters of the biomechanical model are varied for aligning the biomechanical model with the breast surface extracted from the scan image, and a correction unit (34) for determining corrections for correcting the simulated medical breast image for said artificial deformations by use of the scan image by applying a surface matching between said surface mesh and said scan image and for applying the determined corrections to the obtained medical breast image to obtain a corrected medical breast image.

    Image quality driven non-rigid image registration

    公开(公告)号:US10290102B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-14

    申请号:US14405007

    申请日:2013-06-18

    Abstract: An image registration apparatus (118) includes an image quality driven image registration determiner (202) that determines an image quality driven image registration for a set of images to register based on a non-rigid registration (204), which includes an optimization of an image similarity term and a regularization term, and a registration steering factor, and a registration component (206) that registers the set of images using the image quality driven image registration. A method determining an image quality driven image registration for a set of images to register based on a non-rigid registration, which includes an optimization of an image similarity term and a regularization term, and a registration steering factor, and registering the set of images using the fidelity driven image registration, generating a set of registered images.

    Registration of medical images
    4.
    发明授权
    Registration of medical images 有权
    注册医学图像

    公开(公告)号:US09536307B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-03

    申请号:US14763853

    申请日:2014-10-14

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an image processing device (50) for the registration of two images (I1, I2) that may for example be provided by a CT scanner (10) and/or an MRI scanner (20). According to one embodiment of the invention, the images are first globally registered (GR) with a given registration algorithm using a first parameter vector (p). A user may then select a region of interest ROI, and a plurality of local registrations (LR1, . . . LRs, . . . LRn) are calculated for this ROI using the same registration algorithm but different parameter vectors (p, p, . . . p). The results of the local registrations (LR1, . . . LRs, . . . LRn) are displayed and the user can select the best local registration(s). In a final step, the selected local registration(s) (LRs) and the global registration (GR) may be merged. Additionally or alternatively, a parameter vector for a local registration in the ROI may be determined by an automatic analysis of the ROI.

    Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于登记可由例如CT扫描器(10)和/或MRI扫描器(20)提供的两个图像(I1,I2)的方法和图像处理装置(50)。 根据本发明的一个实施例,使用第一参数向量(p),使用给定的注册算法首先全局注册图像(GR)。 然后,用户可以选择感兴趣区域ROI,并且使用相同的注册算法但是不同的参数向量(p,p,...)来计算针对该ROI的多个本地注册(LR1,...,LRs,...,LRn) ... p)。 显示本地注册的结果(LR1,... LRs ... LRn),用户可以选择最佳的本地注册。 在最后一步中,可以合并所选择的本地注册(LR)和全局注册(GR)。 附加地或替代地,可以通过ROI的自动分析来确定ROI中的局部注册的参数向量。

    System for determining a tissue-specific property

    公开(公告)号:US12008753B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17422942

    申请日:2020-01-16

    Abstract: The present invention refers to providing a system that allows to very accurately determine the state of a disease, like COPD, in a patient. The system (100) comprises a unit (101) for providing images of the region of interest corresponding to different states of the region of interest, a unit (102) for elastically registering the images to each other resulting in an elastic registration output, a unit (103) for determining a specific tissue region in an image, a unit (104) for determining a specific elastic registration output for the specific tissue region based on the determined elastic registration output, and a unit (105) for determining an elastic indicator for the specific tissue type based on the specific elastic registration output. Thus, a state of a disease that influences the elastic properties of the specific tissue type can be determined very accurately.

    MOTION PARAMETER ESTIMATION
    7.
    发明申请
    MOTION PARAMETER ESTIMATION 审中-公开
    运动参数估计

    公开(公告)号:US20150139503A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-21

    申请号:US14405792

    申请日:2013-06-17

    Abstract: An object motion parameter determiner (122) includes a deformation vector field determiner (210) that determines deformation vector fields for a 4D image set, which includes three or more images corresponding to three or more different motion phases of motion of a moving object. The object motion parameter determiner further includes a volume curve determiner (212) that generates a volume curve for the voxel based on the deformation vector fields. The object motion parameter determiner further includes a model fitter (214) that fits a predetermined motion model to the volume curve. The object motion parameter determiner further includes a parameter determiner (218) that estimates at least one object motion parameter based on the fitted model.

    Abstract translation: 对象运动参数确定器(122)包括确定4D图像集合的变形矢量场的变形矢量场确定器(210),其包括对应于移动物体的三个或更多不同运动运动相位的三个或更多个图像。 物体运动参数确定器还包括基于变形矢量场产生体素的体积曲线的体积曲线确定器(212)。 对象运动参数确定器还包括将预定运动模型拟合到体积曲线的模型拟合器(214)。 对象运动参数确定器还包括基于拟合模型估计至少一个对象运动参数的参数确定器(218)。

    Device and methods for processing computer tomography imaging data

    公开(公告)号:US10672135B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-02

    申请号:US15737325

    申请日:2016-06-30

    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for processing CT imaging data, comprising a processing unit, which is configured to receive a plurality of sets of CT imaging data recorded at different imaging positions and at different points in time. Furthermore, the processing device is configured to provide a plurality of auxiliary sets of CT imaging data, each auxiliary set of CT imaging data comprising processed image data allocated to spatial positions inside a respective spatial section of the object space, wherein a given one of the spatial sections contains those spatial positions which are covered by those sets of CT imaging data acquired at a respective one of the imaging positions, and to generate the processed image data for a given spatial position using those of the sets of CT imaging data acquired at the respective one of the imaging positions.

    Attenuation correction of PET data of moving object

    公开(公告)号:US11246552B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-15

    申请号:US16761173

    申请日:2018-11-07

    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for assisting in attenuation correction of gated PET data of a moving object (2). In the system, an evaluation unit (15) is configured to (i) receive a CT image of the object (2) and to segment the CT image into a plurality of CT sub-images, each CT sub-image correspond to an axial segment of an imaged volume, (ii) to determine for each CT sub-image a gate including PET data having a greatest correspondence with the CT sub-image, (iii) to construct, for each CT sub-image, a PET sub-image from the PET data included in the gate determined for the CT sub-image, the PET sub-image substantially corresponding to the same axial segment of the imaged volume as the CT sub-image, and (iv) to combine the PET sub-images to form a PET reference image of the object (2).

    IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180336689A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-22

    申请号:US15777489

    申请日:2016-12-07

    Inventor: Sven Kabus

    CPC classification number: G06T7/149 G06T7/11 G06T7/30

    Abstract: Systems and methods for iteratively computing an image registration or an image segmentation. The registration and segmentation computations are driven by an optimization function that includes a similarity measure component whose effect on the iterative computations is relatively mitigated based on a monitoring of volume changes o volume elements at image locations during the iterations. There is also a system and a related 5 method to quantify for a registration error. This includes applying a series of edge detectors to input images and combining related filter responses into a combined response. The series of filters are parameterized with a filter parameter. An extremal value of the combined response is then found and a filter parameter associated with said extremal value is then returned as output. This filter parameter relates to a registration error at a given image 10 location.

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