摘要:
In three-dimensional imaging of ultrasound data, speckle artifact data are reduced before the acquired data from a volume of interest are projected onto an image plane. A master controller performs an algorithm that iteratively morphologically filters the pixel data in a volume of interest and then iteratively projects the morphologically filtered data onto a plurality of rotated image planes using a ray-casting technique. Morphological filtering is performed by stepping a seven-point kernel through a source data volume of pixel data. The kernel, made up of a central pixel value and the six pixel values adjacent to the central pixel value, is stepped through the entire source data volume. The morphological filtering operation includes at least one erosion step, which removes speckle, followed by an equal number of dilation steps, which restore the imaging data.
摘要:
A system for displaying sets of surface cubes with gradient vertex vectors first employs a pointer table constructed to order the surface cubes so as to generally cause a row by row and layer by layer ordering during model creation. During display, a viewpoint is selected and a scan controller causes cubes to be displayed according to this order of the pointer table. A test backprojection of cubes to image plane is performed to determine which pixels will be impinged by the cubes. For pixels which have not been updated, or pixels which have been updated by a less superficial cube than the current cube, projection rays are created through the center of impinged pixels in a direction opposite that of the backprojection. An intersection point of the ray with a surface within a current cube is determined. The data value and gradient vectors for the current cube are interpolated at this intersection point. These interpolated vector and value are then rendered to produce and image with less distortion and with less processing complexity.
摘要:
Method and systems for removing any inherent autofluorescence associated with a biological material, comprising: acquiring a first reference image of the biological material; acquiring a first set of one or more images of the biological material using one or more filters corresponding to one or more information dyes; applying the one or more additional dyes to the biological material and then acquiring a second set of one or more images comprising a separate image of the biological material with each of the filters corresponding to the information dyes and a second reference image of the biological material; coregistering the first and second reference images; and then removing any inherent autofluorescence exhibited in the informational images acquired.
摘要:
A system and methods for co-registering multi-channel images of a tissue micro array, comprising the steps of, providing a biological material on a substrate; applying one or more molecular probes, adapted to provide fluorescent molecular markers, to the biological material; obtaining a first digital image of the biological material and the fluorescent molecular markers; applying a morphological stain to the biological material; obtaining a second digital image of the biological material, computing information common to the first and second images; and co-registering the second image with the first image based on one or more registration metrics.
摘要:
A method and system for segmenting three-dimensional (3D) medical images containing an object of interest are provided. The method comprises generating a plurality of successive layers of fixed radius spheres about a circumference of a sphere containing at least one seed point placed within the object of interest when a plurality of respective voxels contained within the spheres exceed a selected threshold. The generation of the layers is repeated until no further voxels contained within an outer surface of each respective layer exceed the selected threshold or a stop seed point is encountered. The layers form a segmented representation of the object of interest.
摘要:
The invention provides tomographic image generation from four-dimensional projection data of an imaged object. The ability is provided to extract implicit information from time dependent aspects of volumetric projection data corresponding to multiple data acquisition cycles. The result is improved volumetric image quality from volumetric projection data previously used for slice by slice image reconstruction. The invention provides particular advantages for volumetric imaging of a patient's heart, or a portion thereof, at a selected phase of the cardiac cycle.
摘要:
An imaging system enables cardiac functioning within a particular cardiac chamber to be imaged. The system acquires imaging data that includes intensity values for four-dimensional voxels within a region of interest (ROI). A seed voxel is identified, and neighbor voxels to the seed voxel are also identified. The intensity values for each neighbor voxel are compared to a threshold to determine whether the voxel corresponds to blood or muscle tissue. For each neighbor voxel corresponding to blood, its neighbor voxels are identified and compared to the threshold, and this process is repeated until a pre-established spatial boundary is encountered or the number of new neighbor voxels indicates that processing is migrating into an adjacent cardiac chamber. At that point, the identified blood voxels are counted into bins of cardiac phases, cardiac images for each phase are reconstructed, and parameters such as ejection fraction are calculated.
摘要:
An MRI system is employed to acquire image data using a pulse sequence in which k-space is sampled in a Fibonacci spiral trajectory. A single pulse sequence may be used to sample all of k-space with a single spiral arm, or k-space can be sampled with a plurality of interleaved Fibonacci spiral arms by performing a corresponding series of pulse sequences.
摘要:
A system for display of interfaces within a block of raw data values comprises a model building portion groups data points into a cubes, receives a threshold and identifies cubes which a vertex data values which straddle the threshold. These are surface cubes. Gradient vectors for each vertex of each cube are determined by comparing the change in data values in three dimensions in a neighborhood around each vertex. The surface cubes and their associated gradient vectors are stored as a cube/vector model. his model may be tessellated and then displayed by conventional CAD/CAM workstations. A second display system is shown which employs a modified "Dividing Cubes" method to subdivide the cubes, interpolate each to a center point and associated vector, then backprojected to produce perspective.
摘要:
A multi-dimensional data set acquired by non-intrusive means with the use of a surface coil of internal structures of internal structures of a subject. The data set is adjusted for the differential sensitivity of the surface coil with respect to distance from the coil and angle in relation to the coil. The adjusted data set then is searched for abrupt changes in value in the data set indicating surfaces. The surfaces then may be manipulated, shaded, color coded and displayed. This is particularly useful in when employed on a data set which images blood for providing surface images of coronary arteries of the subject for non-invasive detection of occlusion and stenosis.