摘要:
The invention relates to a method of adapting imaging parameters for a computer tomographic radiograph of a body volume, comprising the following steps: obtaining a three-dimensional pilot radiograph with a low dose of radiation (1); determining a region of interest and a desired image quality in the pilot radiograph (2) with the aid of a patient model (4) or interactively (3); determining optimal imaging parameters (5); generating an X-ray image using the determined imaging parameters (6). Optionally, the X-ray image is combined (7) with the pilot radiograph.
摘要:
An advantageous method, apparatus, computer-readable medium, and use for improving the estimation of relevant initial parameters for parameter reconstruction processes in molecular imaging are disclosed, resulting in shorter process times and more robust results with small confidence intervals.
摘要:
An improved radiation therapy planning procedure is suggested. The procedure comprises the steps of specifying and determining the absolute grade of cell degeneracy by in-vitro tests, whereby marker(s) indicative for specific cell degeneracy are detected and quantified, establishing a biology-based segmentation of areas with similar grade of relative cell degeneracy and applying the absolute grade of cell degeneracy to the biology-based segmentation data, thereby establishing an improved radiation therapy planning procedure. Moreover, the present invention suggests a system for an improved radiation therapy planning procedure and its use in procedures of diagnosis and/or therapy management of cancer.
摘要:
In order to reduce an x-ray dose applied to a patient, it is necessary to know the dose absorbed by the patient. According to the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a local patient dose applied to a patient where after the reconstruction of the scan data into a diagnostic image, the scan data are backprojected into the patient volume, using the attenuation information of the diagnostic image to form a spatially varying photon fluence map. In parallel, the diagnostic image is segmented into anatomical structures to which dose-weighting factors are assigned. The locally absorbed dose is then calculated on the basis of the fluence map and the corresponding dose weights.
摘要:
A radiation therapy planning procedure and device provides a model-based segmentation of co-registered anatomical and functional imaging information to provide a more precise radiation therapy plan. The biology-based segmentation models the imaging information to produce a parametric map, which is then clustered into regions of similar radiation sensitivity or other biological parameters relevant for treatment definition. Each clustered region is prescribed its own radiation prescription dose.
摘要:
A system including a display and a processor and a corresponding method for identifying a tumor in a patient image, classifying the tumor based on a predetermined classification system and determining a recommendation regarding a lymph node biopsy based on the tumor identified in the patient image, the classification of the tumor and a predetermined rule.
摘要:
An imaging system (10) comprises a data device (30), which controls radiation data acquisition from a subject positioned in an examination region (18) for an examination. A rebinning processor (40) bins the acquired data periodically into a histogram (42). A transform (70) transforms the histogram (42) into individual independent or uncorrelated components, each component including a signal content and a noise content. A stopping determining device (52) compares an aspect of at least one selected component to a predetermined threshold (TH) and, based on the comparison, terminates the data acquisition.
摘要:
A method within dynamic molecular imaging comprising dynamically estimating a first parameter (&bgr;(x)) and a second parameter (k(x)) of an activity function describing the bio distribution of an administered tracer, is disclosed. More specifically, the method comprises specifying a first target variance (&sgr;&bgr;,T(x)) and a second target variance (&sgr;&bgr;,T(x)) of the first parameter (&bgr;(x)) and the second parameter (k(x)) of the activity function, respectively; initiating an image acquisition; reconstructing the first parameter (&bgr;(x)) and the second parameter (k(x)); reconstructing a first associated variance (&sgr;&bgr;(x)) and a second associated variance (&sgr;k(x)) of the first parameter (&bgr;(x)) and the second parameter (k(x)), respectively; and repeating the image acquisition and the reconstructing until the first associated variance (&sgr;&bgr;(x)) and the second associated variance (&sgr;k(x)) are equal to or less than the first target variance (&sgr;&bgr;,T(x)) and the second target variance (&sgr;&bgr;,T(x)), respectively, &sgr;&bgr;(x)≦̸&sgr;&bgr;,T(x) and &sgr;k(x)≦̸&sgr;&bgr;,T(x). The method enables patient-specific adaptive protocols within molecular imaging.
摘要:
The invention relates to an imaging system for imaging an object, wherein the imaging system is adapted for scanning the object in accordance with a scan parameter. The imaging system comprises a projection image generation unit (15) for generating a two-dimensional projection image of the object. A model provision unit (16) provides a three-dimensional model of the object, and a registration unit (17) registers the three-dimensional model with the two-dimensional project ion image. A scan parameter determination unit (18) determines the scan parameter from the registered three-dimensional model.