Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-22
2011-03-22
Mehta, Bhavesh M (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
active
07912259
ABSTRACT:
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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Arditi Marcel
Campos Ruth
Messager Tristan
Rognin Nicolas
Thiran Jean-Philippe
Akhavannik Hadi
Bracco International BV
Graybeal Jackson LLP
Mehta Bhavesh M
Santarelli Bryan A.
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