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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2008
Rui Liao, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Yiyong Sun, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Liron Yatziv, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Chenyang Xu, Allentown, NJ (US);
Rui Liao, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Yiyong Sun, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Liron Yatziv, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Chenyang Xu, Allentown, NJ (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, unknown;
Abstract
A method for registering images of multiple modalities includes acquiring first image of a subject using a first modality. A second image of the subject is acquired using a second modality. The first image includes greater structural detail of the subject than the second image and the second image is a video image including multiple image frames. The first and second images are registered based on an anatomical structure observable in the first image and a foreign object proximate to the anatomical structure observable in the second image.