General Electric Company

Patrick Michael Virtue

Gopal Biligeri Avinash

Zhongmin Steve Lin

David Littlejohn

Holly A McDaniel

Mark Vincent Profio

Scott William Robinson

Diane Marie Miesbauer

Adam Budde

Kathryn M Littlejohn

Ann Christine Hole

Susan Martignetti Stuebe

Christopher James Proctor

Sang Wook Lee

Katherine Redford Phillips

Scott Wayne Zimmerman

Andre Van Nuffel

Apparatus includes an imaging system with a user interface, and a hospital radiological information system (RIS) coupled to the imaging system such that the user interface allows for bi-directional data transfer between the imaging system and the RIS.

Diagnostic imaging simplified user interface methods and apparatus

A method for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) image includes accessing a 3D image dataset, generating a 3D mesh corresponding to a 3D segmentation result using the 3D image dataset, displaying a 3D surface rendering of the 3D surface mesh, and navigating the 3D image based on a manual input received from a user indicated on the rendered 3D mesh.

Method and system for navigating, segmenting, and extracting a three-dimensional image

A method is provided for segmenting three-dimensional (3D) image volumes. The method includes obtaining a 3D volume data set corresponding to an imaged volume, rendering at least a portion of the 3D volume data set based on 3D rendering settings, and creating a two-dimensional (2D) segmentation of the rendered 3D volume data set. The method further includes segmenting the 3D volume data set using the 2D segmentation and the 3D rendering settings to define a 3D region of interest within the 3D volume data set.

Systems and methods for segmenting three dimensional image volumes

A system, method, and apparatus includes a computer readable storage medium with a computer program stored thereon having instructions that cause a computer to access a first anatomical image data set of an imaging subject acquired via a morphological imaging modality, access a functional image data set of the imaging subject acquired via a functional imaging modality, register the first anatomical image data set to the functional image data set, segment the functional image data set based on the functional image data set, define a binary mask based on the segmented functional image data set, and apply the binary mask to the first anatomical image data set to construct a second anatomical image data set and an image based thereon. The second anatomical image data set is substantially free of image data of the first anatomical image data set correlating to an area outside the region of physiological activity.

Apparatus and method for isolating a region in an image

A method for extracting a three-dimensional (3D) volume of interest from a three-dimensional (3D) image dataset includes accessing a 3D image dataset that includes a plurality of image slices, enclosing a 3D volume of interest in the 3D image dataset using a 3D mesh, automatically extracting the 3D volume of interest based on the 3D mesh, and generating a 3D image of the extracted 3D volume of interest. A computer and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also described herein.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system for three-dimensional graphical prescription of an imaging volume including a user interface component, a reference image, and a three-dimensional representation of the imaging volume. The user interface component includes a display. The reference image is presented on the display. The representation of the imaging volume is presented on the display. The representation of the imaging volume is overlaid at least in part on the reference image.

System and method for 3D graphical prescription of a medical imaging volume

A registration image is aligned or registered with a reference image by user interaction. The registration image is segmented into a hierarchy of elements defining a mesh having more than one level. At each level, individual elements may be selected by the user, translated, rotated and scaled with respect to the remainder of the registration image and to the reference image. Refinement of the user registration is facilitated by allowing the user to define further levels in the segmentation where each of the elements at the further levels may be separately manipulated in a similar manner. Interpolation may be performed between the moved or altered elements and between the elements and the remainder of the registration image to obtain a more satisfactorily registered image. The technique may be used with other interpolation and registration processes.

Semi-automated registration of data based on a hierarchical mesh

Methods and systems for automatically fusing images are provided. The method includes acquiring scan data from a first imaging modality and fusing scan data from a second modality with the scan data from the first modality as scan data from the second modality is acquired and the method further includes displaying reconstructed images of the fused data.

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Patrick Michael Virtue