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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Brainlab Ag, Munich, DE;
Brainlab AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A computer implemented method of matching a medical images of an anatomical structure of a patient's body with an atlas-based representation of the anatomical structure is described. The method includes acquiring patient image data; determining, based on the patient image data, patient substructure data; acquiring general substructure data; determining, for each of the patient substructures and based on the patient substructure data and the general substructure data, substructure matching data; determining, based on the general substructure data and the substructure matching data, anatomical structure atlas data; determining, based on the patient image data and the anatomical structure atlas data, matching transformation data describing an atlas-patient matching transformation between the medical image representation of the anatomical structure and the atlas representation of the anatomical structure.