G06T7/32

Systems and methods for correcting mismatch induced by respiratory motion in positron emission tomography image reconstruction

The disclosure relates to PET imaging systems and methods. The systems may obtain a plurality of PET images of a subject and a CT image acquired by performing a spiral CT scan on the subject. Each gated PET image may include a plurality of sub-gated PET images. The CT image may include a plurality of sub-CT images each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of sub-gated PET images. The systems may determine a target motion vector field between a target physiological phase and a physiological phase of the CT image based on the plurality of sub-gated PET images and the plurality of sub-CT images. The systems may reconstruct an attenuation corrected PET image corresponding to the target physiological phase based on the target motion vector field, the CT image, and PET data used for the plurality of gated PET images reconstruction.

MULTI-FRAME IMAGE SUPER RESOLUTION SYSTEM

The present invention discloses a multi-frame image super resolution system that utilizes both deep learning models and traditional models of enhancing the resolution of an image so that minimal computational resources are used. A frame alignment module of the invention aligns the frames of the image after which a processing module configured within the system process the Y and the UV channels of the image by using multiple deep and traditional resolution enhancement models. A merging unit merges the output of the processors to produce a super resolution image incorporating the advantages of both of the image enhancement methods.

METHOD OF CHARACTERIZING A WOVEN FIBROUS STRUCTURE

The invention relates to a method for characterizing, from a volume image, a fibrous structure having a three-dimensional weaving between a plurality of warp yarns extending along a first direction and a plurality of weft yarns extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first one, the method comprising: a first processing (E10) of the volume image by filtering along a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions so as to attenuate the periodic patterns along the third direction, obtaining (E20) a two-dimensional image corresponding to an intermediate plane along the third direction of the filtered volume image, a second processing (E31, E41) of the two-dimensional image by filtering along the first or second direction so as to attenuate the periodic patterns, obtaining (E32, E33) a one-dimensional profile representing the positions of warp or weft columns and corresponding to an intermediate line along the first or second direction of the filtered two-dimensional image, and comparing (E33, E43) the one-dimensional profile with a reference profile.

Methods and systems that normalize images, generate quantitative enhancement maps, and generate synthetically enhanced images
11562494 · 2023-01-24 · ·

The current document is directed to digital-image-normalization methods and systems that generate accurate intensity mappings between the intensities in two digital images. The intensity mapping generated from two digital images is used to normalize or adjust the intensities in one image in order to produce a pair of normalized digital images to which various types of change-detection methodologies can be applied in order to extract differential data. Accurate intensity mappings facilitate accurate and robust normalization of sets of multiple digital images which, in turn, facilitates many additional types of operations carried out on sets of multiple normalized digital images, including change detection, quantitative enhancement, synthetic enhancement, and additional types of digital-image processing, including processing to remove artifacts and noise from digital images.

Methods and systems that normalize images, generate quantitative enhancement maps, and generate synthetically enhanced images
11562494 · 2023-01-24 · ·

The current document is directed to digital-image-normalization methods and systems that generate accurate intensity mappings between the intensities in two digital images. The intensity mapping generated from two digital images is used to normalize or adjust the intensities in one image in order to produce a pair of normalized digital images to which various types of change-detection methodologies can be applied in order to extract differential data. Accurate intensity mappings facilitate accurate and robust normalization of sets of multiple digital images which, in turn, facilitates many additional types of operations carried out on sets of multiple normalized digital images, including change detection, quantitative enhancement, synthetic enhancement, and additional types of digital-image processing, including processing to remove artifacts and noise from digital images.

RESAMPLED IMAGE CROSS-CORRELATION
20230016764 · 2023-01-19 ·

A computer-implemented system and method of image cross-correlation improves the sub-pixel accuracy of the correlation surface and subsequent processing thereof. One or both of the template or search windows are resampled using the fractional portions of the correlation offsets X and Y produced by the initial image cross-correlation. The resampled window is then correlated with the other original window to produce a resampled cross-correlation surface. Removing the fractional or sub-pixel offsets between the template and search windows improves the “sameness” of the represented imagery thereby improving the quality and accuracy of the correlation surface, which in turn improves the quality and accuracy of the FOM or other processing of the correlation surface. The process may be iterated to improve accuracy or modified to generate resampled cross-correlation surfaces for multiple possible offsets and to accept the one with the most certainty.

RESAMPLED IMAGE CROSS-CORRELATION
20230016764 · 2023-01-19 ·

A computer-implemented system and method of image cross-correlation improves the sub-pixel accuracy of the correlation surface and subsequent processing thereof. One or both of the template or search windows are resampled using the fractional portions of the correlation offsets X and Y produced by the initial image cross-correlation. The resampled window is then correlated with the other original window to produce a resampled cross-correlation surface. Removing the fractional or sub-pixel offsets between the template and search windows improves the “sameness” of the represented imagery thereby improving the quality and accuracy of the correlation surface, which in turn improves the quality and accuracy of the FOM or other processing of the correlation surface. The process may be iterated to improve accuracy or modified to generate resampled cross-correlation surfaces for multiple possible offsets and to accept the one with the most certainty.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING MISMATCH INDUCED BY RESPIRATORY MOTION IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION

The disclosure relates to PET imaging systems and methods. The systems may obtain a plurality of PET images of a subject and a CT image acquired by performing a spiral CT scan on the subject. Each gated PET image may include a plurality of sub-gated PET images. The CT image may include a plurality of sub-CT images each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of sub-gated PET images. The systems may determine a target motion vector field between a target physiological phase and a physiological phase of the CT image based on the plurality of sub-gated PET images and the plurality of sub-CT images. The systems may reconstruct an attenuation corrected PET image corresponding to the target physiological phase based on the target motion vector field, the CT image, and PET data used for the plurality of gated PET images reconstruction.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING MISMATCH INDUCED BY RESPIRATORY MOTION IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION

The disclosure relates to PET imaging systems and methods. The systems may obtain a plurality of PET images of a subject and a CT image acquired by performing a spiral CT scan on the subject. Each gated PET image may include a plurality of sub-gated PET images. The CT image may include a plurality of sub-CT images each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of sub-gated PET images. The systems may determine a target motion vector field between a target physiological phase and a physiological phase of the CT image based on the plurality of sub-gated PET images and the plurality of sub-CT images. The systems may reconstruct an attenuation corrected PET image corresponding to the target physiological phase based on the target motion vector field, the CT image, and PET data used for the plurality of gated PET images reconstruction.

Brain hub explorer

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing interactive graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for users, such as medical professionals, to glean insight about connectivity data associated with a particular brain. A method can include overlaying nodes representing locations of parcels of a patient's brain on a representation of a brain and displaying the representation of the brain with the overlaid nodes in a GUI. Nodes having connectivity above a first threshold can be represented in a first indicia and nodes having connectivity below a second threshold can be represented in a second indicia. The method can include receiving user input and taking an action based on the user input. The user input can include selecting an area of the representation of the brain for excision. Taking an action based on the input can include calculating an impact of excising the area of the brain on the particular patient.