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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Songbai Ji, Lebanon, NH (US);
David W. Roberts, Lyme, NH (US);
Alex Hartov, Enfield, NH (US);
Keith D. Paulsen, Hanover, NH (US);
Inventors:
Songbai Ji, Lebanon, NH (US);
David W. Roberts, Lyme, NH (US);
Alex Hartov, Enfield, NH (US);
Keith D. Paulsen, Hanover, NH (US);
Assignee:
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0024 (2013.01); G06T 3/0068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and methods are presented for emulating the appearance of prominent features captured in ultrasound through directional dilation of a magnetic resonance gradient image along a direction determined by the relative ultrasound scan-head location with respect to the magnetic resonance gradient image in order to improve the robustness and reliability of registration.