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US 2009/0024022 A1Published application
System and method for lymph node imaging using co-registration of ct and mr imagery
AssigneesSiemens Corporate Research, Inc., Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Massachusetts General Hospital
InventorsFred S. Azar, Mukesh G. Harisinghani, Ravi Seethamraju
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Abstract
A method for imaging lymph nodes includes acquiring first magnetic resonance (MR) image data pertaining to a subject prior to administration of lymphotropic nanoparticles. Second MR image data pertaining to the subject is acquired after administration of lymphotropic nanoparticles. The first and second MR image data are registered using non-rigid registration.
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A method for imaging lymph nodes, comprising:
- acquiring first magnetic resonance (MR) image data pertaining to a subject prior to administration of lymphotropic nanoparticles;
- acquiring second MR image data pertaining to the subject after administration of lymphotropic nanoparticles;
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- registering the first and second MR image data using non-rigid registration.
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A system for imaging lymph nodes, comprising:
- an MR database for providing first magnetic resonance (MR) image data pertaining to a subject prior to administration of lymphotropic nanoparticles and second MR image data pertaining to the subject after administration of lymphotropic nanoparticles;
- an image processing unit for registering the first and second MR image data using non-rigid registration to provide combined image data;
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- a display device for displaying the combined image data.
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A computer system comprising:
- a processor;
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- a program storage device readable by the computer system, embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform method steps for imaging lymph nodes, the method comprising:
- acquiring first magnetic resonance (MR) image data pertaining to a subject prior to administration of FERUMOXTRAN-10;
- acquiring second MR image data pertaining to the subject after administration of FERUMOXTRAN-10;
- acquiring computed tomography (CT) image data pertaining to the subject;
- registering the first and second MR image data using non-rigid registration;
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- registering the registered first and second MR image data to the CT image data using non-rigid registration.
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