US Patent:
20140056498, Feb 27, 2014
Inventors:
Songbai Ji - Lebanon NH, US
David W. Roberts - Lyme NH, US
Alex Hartov - Enfield NH, US
Keith D. Paulsen - Hanover NH, US
Assignee:
Dartmouth College - Hanover NH
International Classification:
G06T 7/00
Abstract:
A system and methods are presented for emulating the appearance of prominent features captured in ultrasound through directional dilation of a magnetic resonance gradient image along a direction determined by the relative ultrasound scan-head location with respect to the magnetic resonance gradient image in order to improve the robustness and reliability of registration.