SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HUMAN ANATOMIC MAPPING AND POSITIONING AND THERAPY TARGETING
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- obtaining a three-dimensional standard animal body image having three intersecting two-dimensional planes and comprising an anatomical landmark;
obtaining a three-dimensional radiographic image of a patient animal having a corresponding anatomical landmark; and
comparing the standard animal body image with the radiographic image by;
identifying the location of the anatomical landmark on one two-dimensional plane in the standard animal body image;
automatically propagating the identified location of the anatomical landmark to the other two two-dimensional planes in the standard animal body image;
identifying the location of the anatomical landmark in the radiographic image of the patient animal; and
morphing the radiographic image of the patient animal to the standard animal body image by deforming the radiographic image of the patient animal to cause the locations of the landmark on the radiographic image and the standard animal body image to overlap.
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Abstract
A method of image processing, comprising obtaining a three-dimensional standard animal body image having three intersecting two-dimensional planes and comprising an anatomical landmark; obtaining a three-dimensional radiographic image of a patient animal having a corresponding anatomical landmark; and comparing the standard animal body image with the radiographic image by: identifying the location of the anatomical landmark on one two-dimensional plane in the standard animal body image; automatically propagating the identified location of the anatomical landmark to the other two two-dimensional planes in the standard animal body image; identifying the location of the anatomical landmark in the radiographic image of the patient animal; and morphing the radiographic image of the patient animal to the standard animal body image by deforming the radiographic image of the patient animal to cause the locations of the landmark on the radiographic image and the standard animal body image to overlap.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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obtaining a three-dimensional standard animal body image having three intersecting two-dimensional planes and comprising an anatomical landmark; obtaining a three-dimensional radiographic image of a patient animal having a corresponding anatomical landmark; and comparing the standard animal body image with the radiographic image by; identifying the location of the anatomical landmark on one two-dimensional plane in the standard animal body image; automatically propagating the identified location of the anatomical landmark to the other two two-dimensional planes in the standard animal body image; identifying the location of the anatomical landmark in the radiographic image of the patient animal; and morphing the radiographic image of the patient animal to the standard animal body image by deforming the radiographic image of the patient animal to cause the locations of the landmark on the radiographic image and the standard animal body image to overlap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19)
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15. A method for processing radiographic images, comprising:
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obtaining a three-dimensional standard animal body image having three intersecting two-dimensional planes, wherein said three-dimensional standard animal body image includes a vasculature tree; obtaining a three-dimensional radiographic image of a patient body; comparing the standard animal body image and the radiographic image of the patient body by; identifying the location of an anatomical landmark in the standard animal body image and the radiographic image of the patient body; morphing the radiographic image of the patient body to the standard animal body image by deforming the radiographic image to cause the locations of the anatomical landmark on the radiographic image of the patient body and the standard animal body image to overlap; fusing the radiographic image of the patient body and the standard animal body image to produce a three dimensional representation of the identified anatomical landmark; and visualizing the vasculature tree relative to the corresponding location of the identified anatomical landmark on the fused image. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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20. A system for viewing multi-dimensional images of an animal body, comprising:
a computer system comprising; a storage device having a three-dimensional radiographic image of a patient body and a standard animal body image, wherein the radiographic image of the patient body has data corresponding to each plane of the standard animal body image, and the standard animal body image comprises a vasculature tree; a processor, in communication with the storage device, to identify an anatomical landmark in both the three-dimensional standard image body and the radiographic image of the patient body, identify the locations of the anatomical landmark in the standard animal body image and the radiographic image of the patient body, morph the radiographic image of the patient body to the standard animal body image by deforming the radiographic image to cause the locations of the landmark on the radiographic image of the patient body and the standard animal body image to overlap, and to fuse radiographic image of the patient body and the standard animal body image to produce a three dimensional representation of the identified anatomical landmark; and a display device, in communication with the processor and the storage device, to visualize the vasculature tree relative to the corresponding location of the identified anatomical landmark on the fused image. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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