Patent ID: 9282933
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A61B,G01R

Claim Text:
1. A method for ultrasound data simulation using magnetic resonance elastography, the method comprising: obtaining with a magnetic resonance (MR) system MR anatomy data representing anatomy of a patient; obtaining MR elastography data representing an elastic characteristic of the anatomy of the patient; registering the MR elastography data with the MR anatomy data; deriving, with a processor, information related to density from the MR elastography data; simulating, with the processor, model ultrasound data from the information related to density; acquiring ultrasound data with an ultrasound scanner; registering the model ultrasound data with the ultrasound data acquired with the ultrasound scanner; registering the ultrasound data acquired with an ultrasound scanner with the MR anatomy data as a function of the model ultrasound data based on the registering of the model ultrasound data with the ultrasound data acquired with the ultrasound scanner; and generating an image using the registering of the ultrasound data acquired with the ultrasound scanner with the MR anatomy data.