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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Charles A. Mistretta, Madison, WI (US);
Charles M. Strother, Madison, WI (US);
Charles A. Mistretta, Madison, WI (US);
Charles M. Strother, Madison, WI (US);
Mistretta Medical, LLC, Madison, WI (US);
CMS Medical, LLC, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for generating time-resolved 3D medical images of a subject by imparting temporal information from a time-series of 2D medical images into 3D images of the subject. Generally speaking, this is achieved by acquiring image data using a medical imaging system, generating a time-series of 2D images of a ROI from at least a portion of the acquired image data, reconstructing a 3D image substantially without temporal resolution from the acquired image data, and selectively combining the time series of 2D images with the 3D image. Selective combination typically involves registering frames of the time-series of 2D images with the 3D image, projecting pixel values from the 2D image frames 'into' the 3D image, and weighting the 3D image with the projected pixel values for each frame of the time-series of 2D images.