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US 12,118,650 B2Granted
Systems and methods for rendering objects translucent in x-ray images
AssigneeNuVasive, Inc.
InventorsSean O'Connor, Alexander Hsu, Kara Robinson
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes systems, methods and media for rendering objects translucent and for recovery of anatomical information blocked by the objects in medical images.
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A method for rendering metal objects translucent in medical images, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer, a three-dimensional dataset of a subject;
- determining, by the computer, an imaging space of an image capturing device, wherein the image capturing device is configured to generate a two-dimensional image of the subject from the imaging space;
- acquiring, by the image capturing device, a two-dimensional image of the subject from the imaging space;
- registering, by the computer, the three-dimensional dataset of the subject to the imaging space of the image capturing device, thereby generating a registered three-dimensional dataset;
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- predicting, by the computer, at least part of the two-dimensional image of the subject using the registered three-dimensional dataset, wherein the at least part of the two-dimensional image of the subject includes one or more metal objects, and wherein the prediction of the at least part of the two-dimensional image of the subject includes a first set of anatomical information of the subject that is blocked by the one or more metal objects.
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A computer-implemented system comprising:
- an image capturing device;
- a digital processing device comprising a processor, a memory, and an operating system configured to perform executable instructions, the digital processing device in digital communication with the image capturing device;
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- a computer program stored in the memory including instructions executable by the processor of the digital processing device to create a metal object removal application comprising:
- a software module configured to receive a three-dimensional dataset of a subject;
- a software module configured to determine by the computer, an imaging space of an image capturing device, wherein the image capturing device is configured to generate a two-dimensional image obtained of the subject from the imaging space;
- a software module configured to register the three-dimensional dataset of the subject to the imaging space of the image capturing device, thereby generating a registered three-dimensional dataset;
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- a software module configured to predict at least part of the two-dimensional image of the subject using the registered three-dimensional dataset, wherein the at least part of the two-dimensional image of the subject includes one or more metal objects, and wherein the prediction of the at least part of the two-dimensional image of the subject includes a first set of anatomical information of the subject that is blocked by the one or more metal objects.
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A method for rendering objects translucent in medical images, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer, a three-dimensional dataset of a subject;
- determining, by the computer, an imaging space of an image capturing device, wherein the image capturing device is configured to generate a two-dimensional image of the subject from the imaging space;
- registering, by the computer, the three-dimensional dataset of the subject to the imaging space of the image capturing device, thereby generating a registered three-dimensional dataset;
- predicting, by the computer, at least part of the two-dimensional image of the subject using the registered three-dimensional dataset, wherein the at least part of the two-dimensional image of the subject includes one or more objects, and wherein the prediction of the at least part of the two-dimensional image of the subject includes a first set of anatomical information of the subject that is blocked by the one or more objects;
- further comprising acquiring, by the image capturing device, a two-dimensional image of the subject from the imaging space;
- and receiving, by the computer, the two-dimensional image of the subject from the image capturing device;
- further comprising, subsequent to the step of predicting at least a part of the two-dimensional image of the subject, generating, by the computer, an improved two-dimensional image of the subject based on the two-dimensional image and the prediction of the at least part of the two-dimensional image of the subject;
- wherein the improved two-dimensional image is unobscured by the one or more objects, and wherein the improved two-dimensional image includes the first set of anatomical information of the subject;
- and
- wherein the one or more objects comprise metal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.