Image registration method and apparatus for medical imaging based on multiple masks

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7912259
APP PUB NO 20080049994A1
SERIAL NO

11659887

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An image registration method for use in medical imaging includes the steps of: providing a sequence of images each one including a digital representation of a body-part under analysis, selecting a reference image within the sequence, the remaining images of the sequence defining moving images, and re-aligning at least one portion of a moving image with respect to the reference image. The step of re-aligning may include: defining a delimitation mask identifying a region on the reference image with which the at least one portion of the moving image has to be re-aligned, and a feature mask identifying a further region on the reference image within which the re-alignment is calculated, determining an optimized transformation for compensating a displacement of the moving image with respect to the reference image by optimizing a similarity measure, and transforming the at least one portion of the moving image according to the optimized transformation.

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BRACCO SUISSE S ASWITZERLAND ZUG ZUG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arditi, Marcel Genève, CH 27 699
Campos, Ruth Chavannes-pres-Renens, CH 1 15
Messager, Tristan Genève, CH 3 108
Rognin, Nicolas Genève, CH 13 229
Thiran, Jean-Philippe St-Légier, CH 10 176

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