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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2009
Applicants:

Razvan Ionasec, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);

Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Yefeng Zheng, Dayton, NJ (US);

Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Razvan Ionasec, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);

Bogdan Georgescu, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Yefeng Zheng, Dayton, NJ (US);

Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0034 (2013.01); G06K 9/621 (2013.01); G06T 7/0032 (2013.01); G06K 2209/05 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for physiological image registration and fusion is disclosed. A physiological model of a target anatomical structure in estimated each of a first image and a second image. The physiological model is estimated using database-guided discriminative machine learning-based estimation. A fused image is then generated by registering the first and second images based on correspondences between the physiological model estimated in each of the first and second images.


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