Patent ID: 9119550
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A method for magnetic resonance and ultrasound parametric image fusion, the method comprising: acquiring, by an ultrasound system, ultrasound parametric data representing different locations in a region of a patient at a first rate, the ultrasound parameter data comprising first values of a parameter of a characteristic of the patient, the first values calculated from B-mode detected ultrasound data or flow mode from estimated velocity, energy, or variance ultrasound data; acquiring, by a magnetic resonance system, magnetic resonance parametric data representing the different locations in the region of the patient at a second rate less than the first rate, the magnetic resonance parameter data comprising second values of the parameter of the same characteristic of the patient, the second values derived from magnetic resonance data; calculating, by a processor, fused values separately for each of the locations, the calculating for each of the locations using a respective curve fitted to the first and second values over time for the location, the fused values representing the region of the patient at a third rate greater than the second rate such that the second values of the parameter from the magnetic resonance parametric data representing the patient at a first time are used to calculate the fused values representing the patient at a second, different time for which the second values are not provided; and generating, on a display, fused, parametric images from the fused values.