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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
Raymond C. Chan, Brookline, MA (US);
Robert Manzke, Cambridge, MA (US);
Shunmugavelu Sokka, Brighton, MA (US);
Volker Rasche, Erbach, DE;
Vivek Reddy, Boston, MA (US);
Raymond C. Chan, Brookline, MA (US);
Robert Manzke, Cambridge, MA (US);
Shunmugavelu Sokka, Brighton, MA (US);
Volker Rasche, Erbach, DE;
Vivek Reddy, Boston, MA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
System and method for enabling intra-operative selection of an image registration transformation for use in displaying a first image dataset and a second image dataset in correspondence with one another. Image dataset acquisition devices () obtain the first and second image datasets. A similarity function indicative of a likelihood that the first and second image datasets are in correspondence with one another is computed by a processor () and then a ranking of each of a plurality of local maxima of the similarity function is determined. Registration transformations derived from a plurality of the local maxima are displayed on a display (), and using a user-interface (), a physician can select each registration transformation to ascertain visually whether it is the clinically-optimal registration transformation for subsequent use.