摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for segmenting MR Dixon image data. A processor and a computer program product are also disclosed for use in connection with the method. The invention finds application in the MR imaging field in general and more specifically may be used in the generation of an attenuation map to correct for attenuation by cortical bone during the reconstruction of PET images. In the method, a surface mesh is adapted to a region of interest by: for each mesh element in the surface mesh: selecting a water target position based on a water image feature response in the MR Dixon water image;selecting a fat target position based on a fat image feature response in the MR Dixon fat image; and displacing each mesh element from its current position to a new position based on both its water target position and its corresponding fat target position.
摘要:
An x-ray computed tomography system (14) includes a gantry (15), a plurality of elements (18), and one or more processors (28). The gantry (15) moves to different orientations and generates x-ray data which includes image projection data at a plurality of the orientations. The plurality of elements (18) connect to the gantry and cause x-ray attenuation of the generated projection data. The one or more processors (28) are programmed to receive (60) the generated x-ray data and decompose (62) the received image projection data into indications of relative positions of the plurality of elements at different orientations of the gantry.
摘要:
The invention provides for a magnetic resonance imaging system (100) that comprises a sensor system (122) for measuring subject data (156) and a user interface (132). Machine executable instructions (140) causes a processor (134) to receive (200) a set of examination commands (142) and initiate (202) execution of them. Before executing each magnetic resonance imaging protocol of the set of examination commands, the processor repeatedly: receives (204) the subject data; determines (206) an examination status (154) using the set of examination commands; calculates (208) at least one scan decision probability (160) using a machine learning algorithm (158) by inputting the subject data and the examination status; pauses (212) execution of the set of examination commands if the at least one scan decision probability is within one or more predetermined probability ranges (162); displays (214) a user prompt (164, 164', 164") on the user interface if the at least one scan decision probability is within the one or more predetermined probability ranges; receives (216) the modification instructions from the user interface; modifies (218) the set of examination commands; and resumes (219) execution of the set of examination commands.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an imaging system (10) for a vertebral level, an identification method for a vertebral level, a computer program element for controlling such system and a computer readable medium having stored such computer program element. The imaging system (10) comprises a determination unit (11), a definition unit (12), an imaging unit (13), and a processing unit (14). The determination unit (11) determines a target vertebral level. The definition unit (12) defines an anatomical landmark of a spine. The imaging unit (13) provides a series of X-ray images along the spine based on the landmark. The processing unit (14) identifies the target vertebral level in at least one of the X-ray images. The processing unit (14) further stitches the X-ray images to a continuous panoramic image of the spine and identifies the target vertebral level in the panoramic image.
摘要:
The present invention is directed towards a system and method for transarterial chemoembolization using differently sized drug-eluting microsphere beads filled with drugs and determining a delivered drug concentration using an imaging system.
摘要:
The invention relates to an imaging device (10) for registration of different imaging modalities, an imaging system (1) for registration of different imaging modalities, a method for registration of different imaging modalities, a computer program element for controlling such device and a computer readable medium having stored such computer program element. The imaging system (1) for registration of different imaging modalities comprises a first imaging modality (2), a second imaging modality (3), and an imaging device (10) for registration of different imaging modalities. The imaging device (10) for registration of different imaging modalities comprises a model provision unit (11), a first image data provision unit (12), a processing unit (13), a second image data provision unit (14), and a registration unit (15). The model provision unit (11) provides a cavity model of a visceral cavity. The first showing a region of interest of a patient by the first imaging modality (2). The processing unit (13) registers the cavity model to the first image data and adapts the cavity model based on the first image data. The processing unit (13) differs between bony and non-bony structures and masks a non-bony structure in the first image data based on the adapted cavity model. The second image data provision unit (14) provides second image data showing the region of interest of a patient by the second imaging modality (3). The registration unit (15) registers the masked first image data and the second image data.
摘要:
A multiple modality imaging system (10) includes a cone-beam computed tomography scanner (24, 30) which acquires CT projection data of a subject (22) in an examination region (18) and a nuclear imaging scanner which concurrently/subsequently acquires nuclear projection data of the subject in the examination region. A CT reconstruction processor (34) is programmed to perform the steps of: in the CT projection data, defining a field-of-view (FoV) with a voxel grid in a trans-axial direction; determining the subject's maximum trans-axial extents; generating an extending FoV by extending the voxel grid of the FoV to at least one extended region outside the FoV that encompass at least the determined maximum trans-axial extents and all attenuation in the trans-axial direction; and iteratively reconstructing the CT projection data into an attenuation map of the extended FoV. At least one nuclear reconstruction processor (44) is programmed to correct the acquired nuclear projection data based on the iteratively reconstructed attenuation map.
摘要:
Minimally-invasive spinal inventions are often performed using fluoroscopic imaging methods, which can give a real-time impression of the location of a surgical instrument, at the expense of a small field of view. When operating on a spinal column, a small field of view can be a problem, because a medical professional is left with no reference vertebra in the fluoroscopy image, from which to identify a vertebra, which is the subject of the intervention. Identifying contiguous vertebrae is difficult because such contiguous vertebrae are similar in shape. However, characteristic features, which differentiate one vertebra from other vertebra, and which are visible in the fluoroscopic view, may be used to provide a reference.
摘要:
The invention relates to a navigation system for navigating an interventional device (11) like a catheter and an interventional system comprising the navigation system. A position and shape determining unit (13) determines and stores a first position and shape of the interventional device within a living being (9) during a first interventional procedure like a first chemoembolization session and determines a second position and shape of an interventional device within the living being during a subsequent second interventional procedure like a second chemoembolization session. During the second interventional procedure the interventional device is navigated based on the stored first position and shape and based on the second position and shape. This allows considering during the second interventional procedure the path of the interventional device used during the first interventional procedure. In particular, this allows navigating the interventional device along the same path during the first and second interventional procedures.