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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Istvan Ubelhart, Budapest, HU;
Balazs Cziria, Vorosmarty, HU;
Inventors:
Istvan Ubelhart, Budapest, HU;
Balazs Cziria, Vorosmarty, HU;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); A61B 5/1113 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for automatically registering lesions between examinations are provided. The methods include performing a rigid registration using computed tomography (CT) images from a first image set and a second image set and performing a local non-rigid registration using positron emission tomography (PET) images from the first image set and the second image set. The methods further include automatically locating lesions on the second image set from the first image set.