System and method for generating metavolumes
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsVivek Prabhakar Vaidya, Rakesh Mullick, Shekhar Dwivedi
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Abstract
A method is provided for generating a metavolume for reconstructing an image. The method provides for acquiring a plurality of low-resolution images of an imaged volume, the plurality of low-resolution images obtained from one or more imaging planes and merging the plurality of low-resolution images using a statistical operation to generate a metavolume. Systems and computer programs that afford functionality of the type defined by this method may be provided by the present technique.
Claims20
A method for reconstructing an image, the method comprising:
- acquiring a plurality of low-resolution images of an imaged volume, wherein the plurality of low resolution images is obtained from one or more imaging planes;
- and
- merging the plurality of low-resolution images using a statistical operation to generate a metavolume.
A method for reconstructing an image, the method comprising:
- acquiring a plurality of low-resolution images from one or more imaging planes;
- aligning the plurality of low-resolution images using a registration method;
- and
- merging the plurality of low-resolution images by calculating a median of intensity values to generate a metavolume.
A system for generating a metavolume for reconstructing an image, the system comprising:
- a scanning device configured to scan an internal anatomy of a object to obtain scanning data;
- a metavolume generating module coupled to the scanning device, wherein the metavolume generating module is configured to:
- generate a plurality of low-resolution images based on the scanning data;
- and
- merge the plurality of low-resolution images employing a statistical operation to generate a metavolume.
A computer readable media embodying instructions, which when executed by a processor cause the computer configured to execute the steps of:
- acquiring a plurality of low-resolution images of an imaged volume, the plurality of low resolution images obtained from different imaging planes;
- and
- merging the plurality of low-resolution images comprising a statistical operation to generate a metavolume.
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