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| 20080205719 | Method of Model-Based Elastic Image Registration For Comparing a First and a Second Image - The invention aims at improving the point-based elastic registration paradigm. Point-based elastic registration is typically carried out by finding corresponding point landmarks ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080226149 | Motion Compensation in Functional Imaging - Medical images are collected in a plurality of cardiac and respiratory phases. The images are transformed into a series of respiratory compensated images with the plurality of cardiac phases, but all at a common respiration phase. The series of respiratory compensated images are transformed into one image at a selected cardiac phase and the common respiration phase. In some embodiments, a database of gated transform matrices is generated. The database may be based on specific patient information or on information generated from a pool of patients. The database may account for respiratory motion, cardiac contractile motion, other physiological motion, or combinations thereof. For a current image to be motion corrected, the transformation matrices collected in the database are used to estimate a current set of transformation matrices accounting for the motion in the current image, and a motion-compensated image is generated based on the current set of transform matrices. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080310760 | Method, a System and a Computer Program for Volumetric Registration - The invention relates to a method for volumetric registration of a floating image with a reference image. At step | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080317382 | Adaptive Point-Based Elastic Image Registration - A point-based elastic registration method for registering a first image and a second image. Initially, a single control point is randomly placed (S | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080317383 | Adaptive Point-Based Elastic Image Registration - A point-based elastic registration method for registering a first image and a second image. A number of prominent feature are identified within the first image using a SIFT algorithm (S | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100183206 | ADJUSTING ACQUISITION PROTOCOLS FOR DYNAMIC MEDICAL IMAGING USING DYNAMIC MODELS - The invention relates to automatically adjusting an acquisition protocol for dynamic medical imaging, such as dynamic CT, MRI or PET imaging. The protocols are adjusted based on anatomic and dynamic models ( | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100316279 | SCANNING METHOD AND SYSTEM - To improve the scanning effect, a scanning method is provided, which comprises the steps of performing at least one of an nCT scan and a CTA scan on an object so as to obtain a set of images; detecting characteristics of a region of interest based on the set of images; and performing a CTP scan on the region of interest by adopting the characteristics to obtain a CTP image. By deriving the characteristics of the region of interest, e.g. a lesion or an area covering the lesion, before performing the CTP scan, and by adapting the subsequent CTP scan based on the characteristics of the region of interest, the drawback introduced by a limited scan area of the CTP scanner is mitigated, or even overcome. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100317967 | COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY MONITORING - A computer assisted therapy apparatus ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110046979 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED GUIDELINE-BASED THERAPY AUGMENTED BY IMAGING INFORMATION - When treating a patient, clinical decision support system (CDSS) guidelines are employed to assist a physician in generating a treatment plan. These plans are generated using both imaging and non-imaging data. To accomplish this, the CDSS is interfaced with imaging systems (CADx, CAD, PACS etc.). A data-mining operation is performed to identify relevant patients with similar attributes such as diagnosis, medical history, treatment, etc from imaging and non-imaging data. Natural language processing is employed to extract and encode relevant non-imaging (textual) data from relevant patients' records. Additionally, an image of a current patient is compared to reference images in a patient database to identify relevant patients. Relevant patients are then identified to a user, and the user selects a relevant patient to view detailed information related to medical history, treatment, guidelines, efficacy, and the like. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110124976 | MODEL ENHANCED IMAGING - A therapy treatment response simulator includes a modeler ( | 05-26-2011 |
