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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Cecile Dufour, Suresnes, FR;
Stephane Allaire, Suresnes, FR;
Thomas Tang, Markham, CA;
Gary Cheng-How Ng, Bothell, WA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A medical imaging apparatus () for inspecting a volume of a subject () is disclosed. The medical imaging apparatus comprises an ultrasound acquisition unit () including an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound image data of the subject, an image interface () for receiving medical image data of the subject, a position determining unit () for determining a position of the ultrasound probe. An alignment unit is provided for aligning the ultrasound image data and the medical image data based on anatomical features () of the subject and the detected position of the ultrasound probe and for adapting the alignment of the ultrasound image data and the medical image data based on a motion model. An image processing unit () is provided for processing the ultrasound image data and the medical image data to fuse the ultrasound image data and the medical image data based on the alignment to combined image data.