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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2005
Vladimir Pekar, Hamburg, DE;
Michael Kaus, Hamburg, DE;
Ingwer C. Carlsen, Hamburg, DE;
Todd R. Mcnutt, Verona, WI (US);
R. Keith Tipton, Verona, WI (US);
Vladimir Pekar, Hamburg, DE;
Michael Kaus, Hamburg, DE;
Ingwer C. Carlsen, Hamburg, DE;
Todd R. McNutt, Verona, WI (US);
R. Keith Tipton, Verona, WI (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An imaging system () includes imaging modalities such as a PET imaging system () and a CT scanner (). The CT scanner () is used to produce a first image () which is used for primary contouring. The PET system () is used to provide a second image (), which provides complementary information about the same or overlapping anatomical region. After first and second images () are registered with one another the first and second images () are concurrently segmented to outline a keyhole (). The keyhole portion of the second image () is inserted into the keyhole () of the first image (). The user can observe the composite image and deform a boundary () of the keyhole () by a mouse () to better focus on the region of interest within previously defined keyhole.