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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Sebastien Gorges, Nancy, FR;
Yves L. Trousset, Palaiseau, FR;
Jeremie Pescatore, Yvelines, FR;
Vincent Bismuth, Paris, FR;
Marie-odile Berger, Maron, FR;
Erwan Kerrien, Nancy, FR;
Sebastien Gorges, Nancy, FR;
Yves L. Trousset, Palaiseau, FR;
Jeremie Pescatore, Yvelines, FR;
Vincent Bismuth, Paris, FR;
Marie-Odile Berger, Maron, FR;
Erwan Kerrien, Nancy, FR;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system to track movement of an object travelling through an imaged subject is provided. The system includes an imaging system to acquire a fluoroscopic image and operable to create a three-dimensional model of a region of interest of the imaged subject. A controller includes computer-readable program instructions representative of the steps of calculating a probability that an acquired image data is of the object on a per pixel basis in the fluoroscopic image, calculating a value of a blending coefficient per pixel of the fluoroscopic image dependent on the probability, adjusting the fluoroscopic image including multiplying the value of the blending coefficient with one of a greyscale value, a contrast value, and an intensity value for each pixel of the fluoroscopic image. The adjusted fluoroscopic image is combined with the three-dimensional model to create an output image illustrative of the object in spatial relation to the three-dimensional model.