Image analysis – Applications – Biomedical applications
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-11
2010-10-12
Johns, Andrew W (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Biomedical applications
C378S021000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07813535
ABSTRACT:
A method for fusing two digitized image datasets for 2-dimensional visualization of the heart, includes providing a first digitized image and a second digitized image, each image acquired from a different imaging modality and each comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points on a 3-dimensional grid, and wherein the first and second images have been registered, segmenting the heart in one of said digitized images, forming a 2-dimensional maximum intensity projection of a surface of said heart from each of said digitized images, and fusing said images by overlaying one 2-dimensional projection of said surface over the other 2-dimensional projection of said surface.
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Florin Charles
Moreau-Gobard Romain
Ansari Tahmina
F. Chau & Associates LLC
Johns Andrew W
Paschburg Donald B.
Siemens Medical Solutions USA , Inc.
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