Registration of nuclear medicine images
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1. A method of registering a plurality of functional images comprising:
- providing a plurality of functional images;
providing a plurality of structural images each of which has a known positional relationship to at least one of said plurality of functional images, said known positional relationship being derived from the apparatus and methods used to acquire the respective structural and functional images;
finding a first mapping transformation between pairs of structural images; and
determining a second mapping transformation between pairs of functional images based on said first mapping transformation and said positional relationship.
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A method of registering a plurality of functional images includes providing a plurality of functional images, providing a plurality of structural images, each one of which having a known positional relationship to at least one of said plurality of functional images, and finding a first mapping transformation between pairs of functional images based on the first mapping transformation and the positional transformation.
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1. A method of registering a plurality of functional images comprising:
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providing a plurality of functional images;
providing a plurality of structural images each of which has a known positional relationship to at least one of said plurality of functional images, said known positional relationship being derived from the apparatus and methods used to acquire the respective structural and functional images;
finding a first mapping transformation between pairs of structural images; and
determining a second mapping transformation between pairs of functional images based on said first mapping transformation and said positional relationship. - View Dependent Claims (24, 26)
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2. A method of registering a functional image to a structural diagnostic image comprising:
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providing a functional image;
providing a first structural image;
providing a second structural image having a known positional relationship to said functional image, said known positional relationship being determined based on the apparatus and methods used to acquire the structural and functional image having the known positional relationship;
finding a first mapping transformation between the two structural images; and
determining a second mapping transformation between the functional image and the first structural image based on said first mapping transformation and said positional relationship. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27)
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