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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Dong Gyu Hyun, Seoul, KR;
Jong Beom Ra, Daejeon, KR;
Duhgoon Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Woo Hyun Nam, Busan, KR;
Dong Gyu Hyun, Seoul, KR;
Jong Beom Ra, Daejeon, KR;
Duhgoon Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Woo Hyun Nam, Busan, KR;
Medison Co., Ltd., Kangwon-do, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Embodiments for providing a 2-dimensional (D) computerized-tomography (CT) image corresponding to a 2-D ultrasound image through image registration between 3-D ultrasound and CT images are disclosed. An imaging system comprises a CT imaging unit, an ultrasound image forming unit, a storing unit, a processor and a display unit. The processor extracts the 2-D CT image from the 3-D ultrasound-CT registered image by performing a rigid-body transform upon the 3-D ultrasound image and calculating similarities between reference images and the 2-D ultrasound images, wherein the reference images are obtained through the rigid-body transform.