Patent ID: 11887301
Assignee: MIRADA MEDICAL LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. An imaging system for generating synthetic scan images comprising at least one processor arranged to:
store a database of image and contour pairs, where the database is used in the delineation of features in one or more real scan images, comprising the steps of: provide a delineated real scan image acquired using a first image scanner
define a model related to the generation of a synthetic scan image using a second image scanner,
process the delineated real scan image using the model to generate said synthetic scan image, and mapping contours from the delineated real image to the synthetic image to form a new synthetic image-contour pair;
repeat said providing, defining and processing steps for a plurality of real delineated scan images to generate a corresponding plurality of synthetic scan images and contour pairs;
using said generated plurality of synthetic scan images and contour pairs optimising an automated contouring algorithm to generate contours for real scan images of the same type as the synthetic scan images;
process one or more further real scan images of the same type as said synthetic scan images to contour and delineate features on said further real scan image using said optimised automated contouring algorithm.