Patent ID: 9521980
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A61B,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A medical image registration method comprising: performing a first registration by registering first medical images, including an image to be registered, obtained by imaging an object at a first time and an image to be displayed, obtained by imaging the object at a second time different from the first time; performing a second registration by registering a second medical image, having a different modality than a modality of the first medical images, with the image to be registered; and extracting a cross-section of one of the first medical images, corresponding to a cross-section of the second medical image, from the image to be displayed, according to the first registration and the second registration, wherein a first sub-object of the object is clearer than a second sub-object of the object in the image to be registered such that the second registration is performed using the first sub-object, and the second sub-object is clearer than the first sub-object in the image to be displayed.