System and apparatus for co-registration and correlation between multi-modal imagery and method for same
AssigneeUnify Medical, Inc.
InventorsYang Liu, Mazlyar Askari Karchegani
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an image capturing, device that captures images of a first sensor that includes a first imaging modality, a second sensor that includes a first imaging modality and a third sensor that includes a second imaging modality. A controller connected with the first sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor, wherein the controller registers an image captured by the first sensor or the second sensor to an image captured by the third sensor.
Claims22
An image capturing device that captures images, comprising:
- a first sensor configured to capture a first image of a target in a first imaging modality;
- a second sensor configured to capture a second image of the target in the first imaging modality;
- a third sensor configured to capture a third image of the target in a second imaging modality;
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- a controller configured to:
- determine a z parameter for the first image and the second image based on each pixel captured in the first image in the first imaging modality to each pixel in the second image in the first imaging modality, wherein the z parameter is a difference in distance that a first imaging plane associated with the first sensor and a second imaging plane associated with the second sensor is from the target,
- calibrate the first image and/or the second image in the first imaging modality to the third image captured by the third sensor in the second imaging modality based on the z parameter, and
- register each pixel included in the first image and/or the second image in the first imaging modality to each corresponding pixel in the third image in the second imaging modality based on the calibration of the first image and/or the second image in the first imaging modality to the third image in the second imaging modality.
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An image capturing device for use with a device having a controller and a communication interface, comprising:
- a first sensor configured to capture a first image of a target in a first imaging modality;
- a second sensor configured to capture a second image of the target in the first imaging modality;
- a third sensor configured to capture a third image of the target in a second imaging modality;
- a controller configured to:
- determine a z parameter for the first image and the second image based on each pixel captured in the first image in the first imaging modality to each pixel in the second image in the first imaging modality, wherein the z parameter is a difference in distance that a first imaging plane associated with the first sensor and a second imaging plane associated with the second sensor is from the target,
- calibrate the first image and/or the second image in the first imaging modality to the third image captured by the third sensor in the second imaging modality based on the z parameter, and
- register each pixel included in the first image and/or the second image in the first imaging modality to each corresponding pixel in the third image in the second imaging modality based on the calibration of the first image and/or the second image in the first imaging modality to the third image in the second imaging modality;
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- a communication interface configured to the first image captured by the first sensor and/or the second image captured by the second sensor, and the third image captured by the third sensor, to the controller.
22-47. (canceled)
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