Updating reference imaging data with update 2D and/or 3D imaging data
AssigneeB-K Medical Aps
InventorsJohn P O'Connor, Nicholas A Accomando
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Abstract
A method includes obtaining reference imaging data. The reference imaging data is acquired at a first time and includes tissue of interest. The method further includes obtaining update imaging data. The update imaging data is acquired at a second time. The second time is subsequent to the first time. The method further includes identifying a difference between the reference imaging data and the update imaging data. The method further includes changing the reference imaging data based on the identified difference. The method further includes displaying the changed reference imaging data.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- obtaining reference imaging data, wherein the reference imaging data is acquired at a first time and includes tissue of interest, wherein the reference imaging data includes one of computed tomography, magnetic resonance, single photon emission computed tomography, or positron emission tomography imaging data;
- obtaining update imaging data, wherein the update imaging data is acquired at a second time, wherein the second time is subsequent to the first time and includes ultrasound imaging data;
- identifying a difference between the reference imaging data and the update imaging data;
- changing the reference imaging data based on the identified difference;
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- displaying the changed reference imaging data.
A computing system configured to modify previously acquired reference imaging data based on currently acquired update ultrasound imaging data, comprising:
- a memory including a reference image data update module with computer executable instructions;
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- a processor that executes the computer executable instructions, which causes the processor to:
- register the previously acquired reference imaging data and the currently acquired update ultrasound imaging data, identify at least one of structural information or functional information that is included in one of the previously acquired reference imaging data or the currently acquired update ultrasound imaging data but not the other of the previously acquired reference imaging data or the currently acquired update ultrasound imaging data, modify the previously acquired reference imaging data to one of include or exclude the at least one of the structural information or the functional information, and builds or removes the at least one of the structural information or the functional information over time as current update imaging data becomes available.
A computer readable storage medium encoded with computer executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
- register update ultrasound imaging data with a sub-portion of reference imaging data;
- compare the registered update ultrasound imaging data and the sub-portion of reference imaging data;
- determine the update ultrasound imaging data either includes information not in the sub-portion or does not include information in the sub-portion;
- add the information to the sub-portion in response to the information being in the update ultrasound imaging data and not in the sub-portion;
- subtract the information from the sub-portion in response to the information not being in the update ultrasound imaging data and being in the sub-portion;
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- visually presenting the reference imaging data with the added or subtracted information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.