Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-modality image acquisition
- Patent Title (中): 多模态图像采集
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Application No.: US13222269Application Date: 2011-08-31
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Publication No.: US08744211B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Robert H. Owen
- Applicant: Robert H. Owen
- Applicant Address: US MA Peabody
- Assignee: Analogic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Analogic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Peabody
- Agency: Cooper Legal Group LLC
- Main IPC: G06K9/64
- IPC: G06K9/64 ; A61B5/055 ; A61B8/00 ; G06T7/00 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03

Abstract:
One or more techniques and/or systems are described for automatically generating a transformation matrix for correlating images from an ultrasound modality with images from another modality (or with ultrasound images acquired at a different point in time). Ultrasound volumetric data and volumetric data yielded from another image modality are examined to identify and/or extract features. The transformation matrix is automatically generated, or populated, based at least in part upon common features that are identified in both the ultrasound volumetric data and the volumetric data yielded from the other image modality. The transformation matrix can then be used to correlate images from the different modalities (e.g., to display a CT image of an object next to an ultrasound image of the object, where the images are substantially similar to one another even though they were acquired using different modalities).
Public/Granted literature
- US20130053679A1 MULTI-MODALITY IMAGE ACQUISITION Public/Granted day:2013-02-28
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