Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc.

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Washington University

Joshi, Sarang C.

Grenander, Ulf

Miller, Michael I.

Ulf Grenander

Sarang C Joshi

Michael I Miller

Gary E Christensen

John G Csenansky

John W Haller

An apparatus and method for processing images with regions representing target objects involves registering a first and a second image, where the second image contains a target object. The method comprises the steps of identifying a region in the second image containing one or more image data elements representing the target object, transforming the second image to reduce the size of the region containing the target object, and registering the first image and the second image. Another embodiment comprises the steps of identifying a region in the second image containing one or more image data elements representing a target object. After identifying this region, the first and second images are registered using a first transform component that filters one or more data elements in the second image that are contained in the identified region, and a second transform component that includes one or more data elements in the second image that are contained in the identified region.

Method and apparatus for processing images with regions representing target objects

Method and apparatus for automatic shape characterization

An apparatus and method for image registration involves computing a first transform based on landmark manifolds, using a distance measure, computing a second transform from the distance measure and the first transform. Registering the images is accomplished by applying the second transform.

Method and apparatus for image registration

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Providence, RI, United States of America

Ulf Grenander