摘要:
When modeling anatomical structures in a patient for diagnosis or therapeutic planning, an atlas (26) of segmented co-registered CT and MRI anatomical structure reference images can be accessed, and an image of one or more such structures can be selected and overlaid with an MRI image of corresponding structure(s) in a clinical image of a patient. A user can click and drag landmarks or segment edges on the reference MRI image to deform the reference MRI image to align with the patient MRI image. Registration of a landmark in the patient MRI image to the reference MRI image also registers the patient MRI image landmark with a corresponding landmark in the co- registered reference CT image, and electron density information from the reference CT image landmark is automatically attributed to the corresponding registered patient MRI landmark.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for segmentation of an object in a 2D or 3D image data set by extracting a path along the object. In order to obtain a higher accuracy and reliability, the method according to the invention comprises the steps of: a) selecting a start point (5) of the path (2) as first active point, b) adapting an adaptable model (40) to the object (1) in a first active section around the start point (5), c) finding the next point (58) of the selected region by the steps of: c1) copying the geometric model parameters of the adapted model (40) of the active point to a plurality of neighboring points (51-58) of the active point (5), c2) orienting a model (32) around each of said plurality of neighboring points (51-58) using said copied model parameters and, searching the closest object points (21-26) around each of said neighboring points (51-58) based on said model, c3) adapting the models to the found object points (21-26) for each neighboring point (51-58), c4) selecting the neighboring point (58) for which the adapted model (48) fits best to the object (1) as next point of the selected region and as next active point, and d) repeating step c) until an end point of the path or a predetermined number of iterations is reached. The invention may preferably be applied for vessel segmentation to create maximum intensity projections with overlapping/occluding vessels removed.
摘要:
A method and apparatus accounting for tumor motion during radiation therapy is provided. The method allows for radiation therapy treatments based on updated radiation therapy plans. For each fractionate radiation treatment that results in an updated radiation treatment, radiation treatment images are acquired, automatically segmented, and then subject to deformable registration to develop updated contours and an updated radiation therapy plan. The apparatus (1) includes a processing unit (3) that is connected to an imaging apparatus (5) that takes an image (6) of object (9) and a radiation apparatus (7) that radiates object (9) .
摘要:
A system and method for segmenting an image of an organ. The system and method including selecting a surface model of the organ, selecting a plurality of points on a surface of an image of the organ and transforming the surface model to the plurality of points on the image.
摘要:
The invention relates to a system (100) for registering an atlas image from an atlas of multidimensional images with an objective image, the system comprising a generation unit (105) for generating a candidate transformation for transforming a first region of the atlas image, a transformation unit (110) for transforming the first region of the atlas image using the candidate transformation, a similarity unit (120) for computing a measure of similarity of the transformed first region of the atlas image and a corresponding first region of the objective image, an evaluation unit (130) for evaluating the candidate transformation using a criterion based on the computed measure of similarity and determining an optimal transformation based on the evaluation of the candidate transformation, an extension unit (140) for extending the optimal transformation of the first region of the atlas image to a second region of the atlas image, wherein the second region comprises the first region, thereby creating a registration transformation and a registration unit (150) for transforming the second region using the registration transformation, thereby registering the atlas image with the objective image. Advantageously, the system (100) does not require setting landmark positions in the objective image. A further advantage of the system (100) is that since the similarity measure is computed locally, i.e., based on the first region of the atlas image, the registration is fast and thus attractive for clinical use.
摘要:
The invention relates to a registration method (100) of registering a second image dataset with a first image dataset on the basis of a set of landmarks, said registration method (100) comprising a weight-assigning step (125) for assigning a weight to each coordinate of each landmark from the set of landmarks and a registering step (145) for registering the second image dataset with the first image dataset on the basis of the weight assigned to the each coordinate. Choosing an appropriate set of landmarks and assigning an appropriate weight to each coordinate of each landmark from the set of landmarks can be used for optimizing selected displacements of a designated anatomical structure comprising elastic bodies and/or a plurality of independent rigid bodies in a sequence of image datasets. This enables rendering a sequence of views wherein the designated anatomical structure is not displaced off a viewing plane and/or a selected part of the designated anatomical structure is not displaced in a viewing plane.
摘要:
A method for selecting vertices for performing deformable registration of imaged objects is provided. The selected vertices form corresponding pairs, each pair including a vertex from a first imaged object and a vertex from a second imaged object. The corresponding vertex pairs are sorted in order of distance between the vertices making up the corresponding vertex pair. The corresponding vertex pair with the greatest distance is given top priority. Corresponding vertex pairs that lie within a selected distance from the selected corresponding vertex pair are discarded. In this manner, the number of vertex pairs used for deformable registration of the imaged objects is reduced and therefore allows for processing times that are clinically acceptable.
摘要:
The invention aims at improving the point-based elastic registration paradigm. Point-based elastic registration is typically carried out by finding corresponding point landmarks (2, 4) in both images and using the point correspondences as constraints to interpolate the global displacement field. A limitation of this approach is that it only ensures the correspondences between structures where point landmarks (2, 4) can be identified. Alternative concepts are limited by high computational costs for optimization. The concept of the invention provides a method and a system (1) wherein additional deformation field constraints are imposed by: partitioning (PART (IS, IT)) one or more restricted structures corresponding in the first (3) and the second (5) image and imposing additional constraints (ƒAddpart) derived from a-priori-knowledge to the one or more restricted structures. Preferred examples are i) pairs of interactively defined point landmarks (25), ii) landmarks resulting from automatic identification of corresponding structures in form of a line (23) or an area (27) or a form or a boundary (29, Fig. 3) thereof, iii) different material properties (tissuel, tissue2) of corresponding structures, iv) physiological constraints establishing more general correspondences.
摘要:
A method of segmenting a selected region from a multi-dimensional dataset, which method comprises the steps of setting up a shape model representing the general outline of the selected region and setting up an adaptive mesh. The adaptive mesh represents an approximate contour of the selected region. The adaptive mesh is initialized on the basis of the shape model. Furthermore, the adaptive mesh is deformed in dependence on the shape model and on feature information of the selected region.