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US 12,602,799 B2Granted
Registration chaining with information transfer
AssigneeMim Software Inc.
InventorJonathan William Piper
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Abstract
A registration chaining system provides information transfer along a chain of registrations of images of same or different modalities. A registration at each link is based on a shared feature readily distinguished in a pair of images. The information is transferred using the registration.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor coupled to memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to:
- obtain a first image with a first feature and a second feature, wherein feature information associated with the first feature, which indicates the first feature in the first image, is transferred to the first image from an initial image via a registration between the first image and the initial image, wherein the initial image is different from the first image;
- acquire a second image with at least the second feature, the second image being different from the first image and the initial image:
- generate a registration of the first image to the second image based at least in part on the second feature included in both the first image and the second image;
- and
- transfer the feature information associated with the first feature to the second image using the registration of the first image to the second image, wherein, after the transfer, the feature information associated with the first feature indicates the first feature in the second image.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a first image having a first feature and a second feature, wherein feature information associated with the first feature, which indicates the first feature in the first image, is transferred to the first image from an initial image via a registration between the first image and the initial image, wherein the initial image is different from the first image;
- obtaining a second image with at least the second feature, the second image being different from the first image and the initial image;
- generating a registration of the first image to the second image based at least in part on the second feature included in both the first image and the second image;
- and
- transferring the feature information associated with the first feature to the second image using the registration, wherein, after the transfer, the feature information associated with the first feature indicates the first feature in the second image.
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A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for a registration chaining engine, the instructions, when executed, configure a processor to:
- receive a first image having a first feature and a second feature visible, the first image being acquired after a first step of a procedure, wherein feature information associated with the first feature, which indicates the first feature in the first image, is transferred to the first image from an initial image via a registration between the first image and the initial image, wherein the initial image is different from the first image;
- acquire a second image after a second step of a procedure, the second image having at least the second feature visible;
- register the first image to the second image based on the second feature visible in both the first image and the second image;
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- transfer the feature information associated with the first feature to the second image based on the registration, wherein, after the transfer, the feature information associated with the first feature indicates the first image in the second image.
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