Registration of scanning data acquired from different patient positions
CA 2467646 A1 · Owner: Dachille, Frank C. Ix · Inventors: Meade, Jeffrey; Kreeger, Kevin; Dachille, Frank C. Ix
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A system (400, 500) and method (100, 1000) are provided for generating a threedimensional visualization image of an object such asan organ (300) using volume visualization techniques and exploring the image using a guided navigation system (416) that allows the operator to travel along a flight path and to adjust the view to a particular portion of the image of interest in order, for example, to identify polyps cysts or other abnormal features in , the visualized organ; where imaging data sets are acquired using conventional two-dimensional scans of the object in both a supine and prone orientation and correspondence between the respective data sets is determined to permit jumping …
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- Filed November 21, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 21, 2022.
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