Patent ID: 8260013
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: A61B,A61N,G01T,G06T

Abstract:
1. A diagnostic imaging system comprising: a first scanner which obtains a first image of a region of interest of a subject; a second scanner which obtains a second image of the region of interest of the subject; a registering processor which registers the first image and the second image with one another such that the first image and second image coincide; a segmentation processor which concurrently segments the registered first image and the registered second image to outline a corresponding keyhole portion with a first boundary in the first registered image and a second boundary in the second registered image, the first and second boundaries being spatially the same such that modifying the first boundary modifies the second boundary spatially correspondingly and modifying the second boundary modifies the first boundary spatially correspondingly; and a combining processor which inserts the keyhole portion of the registered second image in the keyhole portion of the registered first image.