Image registration apparatus
First Claim
1. An image registration apparatus for registering a first image and a second image with respect to each other, the image registration apparatus comprising:
- an image providing unit for providing a first image of a first object and a second image of a second object, wherein the first object and the second object are of the same type,a model providing unit for providing a model of the first object and of the second object, wherein a number of model elements of the model and neighboring relations between the model elements are fixed,an adaptation unit for adapting the model to the first image for generating a first adapted model and to the second image for generating a second adapted model, wherein the adaptation unit is adapted to determine an internal energy by registering a shape model with the provided model and by determining deviations between the shape model and the provided model for adapting the provided model to the first image and to the second image, anda corresponding image elements determining unit for determining corresponding image elements in the first image and in the second image based on spatial positions of first image elements in the first image with respect to the first adapted model and spatial positions of second image elements in the second image with respect to the second adapted model.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an image registration apparatus for registering a first image and a second image with respect to each other. A model, which has a fixed topology, is adapted to the first image for generating a first adapted model and to the second image for generating a second adapted model, and corresponding image elements (40, 48, 49; 50, 58, 9) are determined in the first image and in the second image based on spatial positions of first image elements in the first image with respect to the first adapted model and spatial positions of second image elements in the second image with respect to the second adapted model. Since the model has a fixed topology, corresponding image elements can relatively reliably be found based on the adapted models, even if the first and second images show objects having complex properties like a heart, thereby improving the registration quality.
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20 Claims
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1. An image registration apparatus for registering a first image and a second image with respect to each other, the image registration apparatus comprising:
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an image providing unit for providing a first image of a first object and a second image of a second object, wherein the first object and the second object are of the same type, a model providing unit for providing a model of the first object and of the second object, wherein a number of model elements of the model and neighboring relations between the model elements are fixed, an adaptation unit for adapting the model to the first image for generating a first adapted model and to the second image for generating a second adapted model, wherein the adaptation unit is adapted to determine an internal energy by registering a shape model with the provided model and by determining deviations between the shape model and the provided model for adapting the provided model to the first image and to the second image, and a corresponding image elements determining unit for determining corresponding image elements in the first image and in the second image based on spatial positions of first image elements in the first image with respect to the first adapted model and spatial positions of second image elements in the second image with respect to the second adapted model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An image registration method for registering a first image and a second image with respect to each other, the image registration method comprising:
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providing a first image of a first object and a second image of a second object, wherein the first object and the second object are of the same type, providing a model of the first object and of the second object, wherein a number of model elements of the model and neighboring relations between the model elements are fixed, adapting the model to the first image for generating a first adapted model and to the second image for generating a second adapted model, wherein an internal energy is determined by registering a shape model with the provided model and by determining deviations between the shape model and the provided model for adapting the provided model to the first image and to the second image, and determining corresponding image elements in the first image and in the second image based on spatial positions of first image elements in the first image with respect to the first adapted model and spatial positions of second image elements in the second image with respect to the second adapted model.
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instruction of an image registration computer program, which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to:
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provide a first image of a first object and a second image of a second object, wherein the first object and the second object are of the same type, provide a model of the first object and of the second object, wherein a number of model elements of the model and neighboring relations between the model elements are fixed, adapt the model to the first image for generating a first adapted model and to the second image for generating a second adapted model, wherein the adaptation unit is adapted to determine an internal energy by registering a shape model with the provided model and determining deviations between the shape model and the provided model for adapting the provided model to the first image and to the second image, and determine corresponding image elements in the first image and in the second image based on spatial positions of first image elements in the first image with respect to the first adapted model and spatial positions of second image elements in the second image with respect to the second adapted model. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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