Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical image registration guided by target lesion
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Application No.: US16782362Application Date: 2020-02-05
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Publication No.: US11062467B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Sun Young Park , Dustin M. Sargent
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Stephen R. Yoder
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T7/30 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T7/33 ; G01N15/14

Abstract:
Machine logic (for example, software) for registering multiple medical images, each showing a common lesion, with each other. In performing this registration, registration points are chosen to be both: (i) outside of image portion that is potentially compromised by the lesion (in any of the multiple images); and (ii) as close to the lesion as possible. However, in at least one of the images the extent of the lesion is not known—so, in order to accommodate this uncertainty about the lesion boundaries, lesion predicting machine logic rules are used to predict the size, shape and/or location of the lesion. Machine learning is used to intermittently adjust and improve the lesion predicting machine logic rules.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200175698A1 MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION GUIDED BY TARGET LESION Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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