HEART SEGMENTATION IN CARDIAC REST AND STRESS IMAGING
First Claim
1. A method of imaging comprising:
- concurrently acquiring first and second energy imaging data from a first isotope tracer uptaken by a subject in a first state and a second isotope tracer uptaken by the subject in a second state;
reconstructing the acquired energy imaging data to generate a first state image from the first isotope imaging data and a second state image from the second isotope imaging data;
segmenting a one of the first and second state images which has better image statistics or a combined image reconstructed from both the first and second isotope imaging data to generate segmentation parameters;
applying the segmentation parameters to each of the first state image and the second state image; and
concurrently displaying the segmented first and second state images.
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Abstract
A patient (14), at rest, is injected with a first isotope tracer. After a first uptake period, the patient is stressed and injected with a second isotope tracer. After a second isotope tracer uptake period, first and second isotope imaging data are concurrently detected by data acquiring devices (16). The first and second isotope imaging data are reconstructed into a first or rest state image, a second or stressed state image, and optionally a combined first and second isotope image. The image with the better image statistics is segmented to generate segmentation parameters, which segmentation parameters are applied to both the first or rest and second or stressed state images. In this manner, an image whose image statistics may be too weak for accurate segmentation is accurately segmented by generating two inherently aligned images and applying the same segmentation parameters to both.
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1. A method of imaging comprising:
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concurrently acquiring first and second energy imaging data from a first isotope tracer uptaken by a subject in a first state and a second isotope tracer uptaken by the subject in a second state; reconstructing the acquired energy imaging data to generate a first state image from the first isotope imaging data and a second state image from the second isotope imaging data; segmenting a one of the first and second state images which has better image statistics or a combined image reconstructed from both the first and second isotope imaging data to generate segmentation parameters; applying the segmentation parameters to each of the first state image and the second state image; and concurrently displaying the segmented first and second state images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable medium carrying software for controlling a computer to perform the steps of:
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reconstructing concurrently acquired first energy imaging data into a first image depicting an uptake of a first isotope tracer injected into a subject and second energy imaging data into a second image depicting an uptake of a second isotope tracer injected into the subject after a first isotope tracer uptake period after injecting the first isotope tracer and a second isotope tracer uptake period before concurrently acquiring the first and second energy imaging data; segmenting a one of the first and second images which has better image statistics or an image reconstructed from both the first and second energy imaging data to generate segmentation parameters; and applying the segmentation parameters to each of the first image and the second isotope image.
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11. An imaging system comprising:
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a reconstruction processor that reconstructs concurrently acquired first energy imaging data into a first image depicting an uptake of a first isotope tracer injected into a subject and second energy imaging data into a second image depicting an uptake of a second isotope tracer injected into the subject a first isotope tracer uptake period after injecting the first isotope tracer and a second isotope tracer uptake period before the concurrently acquiring of the first and second energy imaging data; a segmenting processor that segments a one of the first and second images which has better image statistics or an image reconstructed from both the first and second energy imaging data to generate segmentation parameters; an image adjustment processor that applies the segmentation parameters to each of the first isotope image and the second image to generate a segmented first isotope image and a segmented isotope image; and a display which concurrently displays the segmented first and second images. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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