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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Jeffrey Siewerdsen, Baltimore, MD (US);
Yoshito Otake, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ali Uneri, Baltimore, MD (US);
J. Webster Stayman, Baltimore, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A method, an imaging apparatus and a computer readable medium are enabled for automatically registering medical images. The imaging apparatus may be an amended C-arm. The image acquisition apparatus has a primary x-ray source and at least one auxiliary x-ray source, a detector for receiving radiation of the primary and auxiliary x-ray source, and an interface to a registration unit. The registration unit computes a 3D/2D registration of a provided 3D image and at least two acquired 2D images. An output interface is configured to provide an output and to display the registered images on a monitor.