Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130182925 | METHOD OF REGISTERING IMAGE DATA - A method of registering a first set of image data and a second set of image data, comprises performing an initial registration of the first set of image data and the second set of image data, selecting a region for further registration, and performing a further registration of first image data corresponding to the image region from the first set of image data and second image data from the second set of image data. | 07-18-2013 |
20140003690 | MOTION CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20150097833 | APPARATUS FOR, AND METHOD OF, PROCESSING VOLUMETRIC MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - Apparatus for performing an imaging procedure comprising processing volumetric image data comprising an image processing unit configured to obtain first image data representative of a region including at least one vessel and at least one associated feature, and second image data representative of at least part of the region, an image refinement unit configured to process the first image data and the second image data to produce a combined image representative of the at least one vessel, wherein the associated feature is removed or reduced in intensity in the combined image, and a rendering unit configured to render the combined image as a simulated view that simulates a view obtainable from an alternative imaging procedure. | 04-09-2015 |
20150139514 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, VISUALIZING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - An apparatus for visualizing medical image data comprises a data processing unit for obtaining first image data representing a first medical image, second image data representing a second medical image, and subtraction image data representing a subtraction image, wherein the subtraction image data is generated by subtracting one of the first medical image data and the second medical image data from the other of the first medical image data and the second medical image data, and the apparatus further comprises a feature identification unit for processing the first image data representing the first medical image to identify a feature, and a rendering unit for rendering a combined image comprising an overlay of the identified feature from the first medical image data and one of the subtraction image and the second medical image. | 05-21-2015 |
20150161782 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, SEGMENTATION OF STRUCTURES IN MEDICAL IMAGES - An apparatus for segmentation of medical image data comprises a data processing unit for obtaining a first set of image data and a second set of image data, wherein a structure is represented in both the first set of image data and the second set of image data, a classification unit configured to determine a classification of a first type of feature from the first set of image data and to determine a classification of a second type of feature from the second set of image data, and a segmentation unit configured to identify image data representing the structure in dependence on both the classification of the first type of feature from the first set of image data and the classification of the second type of feature from the second set of image data. | 06-11-2015 |
20160048961 | ESTIMATED LOCAL RIGID REGIONS FROM DENSE DEFORMATION IN SUBTRACTION - A medical image data processing apparatus comprises a registration unit configured to perform a non-rigid registration of a first set of medical image data and a second set of medical image data thereby to determine a deformation field, and a region identification unit configured to identify at least one region for which the deformation field is approximately homogeneous, and, for at least part of at least one identified region, to obtain a substantially homogeneous approximation of the deformation field. | 02-18-2016 |
20160110874 | SEGMENTATION AND MATCHING OF STRUCTURES IN MEDICAL IMAGING DATA - A medical image processing apparatus for receiving a target phase data set and a reference phase data set at different times, obtaining a segmentation of an elongated structure in the target phase data and the reference phase data set, determining a target phase line along the segmentation of the elongated structure in the target phase data set and a reference phase line along the segmentation of the elongated structure in the reference phase data set, and determining a synthesized target phase line by combining the target phase line and reference phase line. | 04-21-2016 |