Medical imaging at two temporal resolutions for tumor treatment planning
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorJohn J. Barni
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Abstract
A method of medical imaging includes obtaining at a first temporal resolution a first medical image 100 of a region of interest of a patient, and obtaining at a second temporal resolution a second medical image 200 of the region of interest. The second temporal resolution is lower than the first temporal resolution. The method also includes registering the first and second medical images with one another such that common reference points in the first and second medical images coincide. Finally, the first and second medical images are superimposed over one another.
Claims20
A method of medical imaging comprising:
- (a) obtaining at a first temporal resolution a first medical image of a region of interest of a patient;
- (b) obtaining at a second temporal resolution a second medical image of the region of interest, said second temporal resolution being lower than the first temporal resolution;
- (c) registering the first and second medical images with one another such that common reference points in the first and second medical images coincide;
- and,
- (d) superimposing the first and second medical images over one another.
A medical imaging apparatus comprising:
- a medical imager which produces image representations of a region of interest of a patient at two different temporal resolutions;
- registration means for aligning with one another first and second image representations of the same region of interest obtained from the medical imager at different first and second temporal resolutions, respectively;
- and,
- combining means for superimposing aligned first and second image representations over one another.
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