Medical imaging with sparse constraints

Abstract

The present invention provides method and apparatus for medical imaging by applying image segmentation to an estimation of a medical image to obtain an anatomical and/or functional sparse constraint and reconstructing the medical image with respect to the anatomical and/or functional sparse constraint. This invention considers the anatomical and/or function sparsity inherent to medical images and allows conceptually to represent the medical image in an even more compact manner in the image domain, reducing the need of coherent samplings or information for the reconstruction. In this way, it is possible to reduce the number of sampled data and simplify the image reconstruction process, thereby increasing the efficiency and speed of medical imaging while ensuring the quality of the reconstructed image.

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