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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellscaft, Munich, DE;
Gerardo Hermosillo Valadez, West Chester, PA (US);
Yiqiang Zhan, West Chester, PA (US);
Xiang Sean Zhou, Exton, PA (US);
Matthias Fenchel, Erlangen, DE;
Berthold Kiefer, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating image processing. In accordance with one aspect, the framework receives first image data acquired by a first modality and one or more articulated models. The one or more articulated models may include at least one section image acquired by the first modality and aligned with a local image acquired by a second modality. The framework may align an anatomical region of the first image data with the section image and non-rigidly register a first region of interest extracted from the section image with a second region of interest extracted from the aligned anatomical region. To generate a segmentation mask of the anatomical region, the registered first region of interest may be inversely mapped to a subject space of the first image data.