System and method for image composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10614634-B2
Application number	US-201916511224-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2019
Priority date	Sep 22, 2014
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

A system and method for obtaining a composite image by combining multiple sub-images are provided. In some embodiments, the method may include retrieving overlapping images corresponding to sub-images including 3D volume data, generating two-dimensional (2D) projection images and pixel maps based on the overlapping images, performing one or more registrations based on the 2D projection images and the pixel maps, calibrating the sub-images based on the results of the registration(s), and fusing the sub-images to produce a composite image. In some embodiments, the method may include setting a plurality of parameters relating to an X-radiation source or a radiation detector based on a preliminary number of exposures and a preliminary exposure region, controlling, based on at least one of the plurality of parameters, a motion of the X-radiation source or a motion of the radiation detector to capture a plurality of sub-images, and combining the plurality of sub-images.

First claim

We claim:

1. An image composition system comprising:
an imaging device comprising an X-radiation source and a radiation detector;
at least one storage medium including a set of instructions; and
at least one processor configured to communicate with the at least one storage medium, wherein when executing the set of instructions, causes the system to:
set a plurality of parameters relating to the X-radiation source or the radiation detector based on a preliminary exposure region and an initial parameter; and
control, based on at least one of the plurality of parameters, a motion of the X-radiation source or a motion of the radiation detector to capture a plurality of sub-images.

2. The image composition system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor causes the system to combine the plurality of sub-images.

3. The image composition system of claim 1 , wherein the initial parameter is provided by the image composition system during initialization.

4. The image composition system of claim 1 , wherein the initial parameter includes at least one of an initial number of exposures, an initial overlapping region between two adjacent exposures, a starting position of an initial effective light field, a stopping position of the initial effective light field, or a height of the initial effective light field.

5. The image composition system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor causes the system to determine a preliminary number of exposures based on the preliminary exposure region.

6. The image composition system of claim 5 , the parameters comprising at least one of a dimension of an exposure region, a number of exposures, an overlapping region between two adjacent exposures, a starting position of an effective light field, an ending position of the effective light field, a composing length, or a height of the effective light field.

7. The image composition system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor causes the system to adjust the preliminary number of exposures and the preliminary exposure region to obtain a secondary number of exposures and a secondary exposure region such that the difference between the preliminary number of exposures and the secondary number of exposures is less than 1, and that the secondary exposure region is equal to or smaller than the preliminary exposure region.

8. The image composition system of claim 7 , wherein to adjust the preliminary number of exposures, the at least one processor causes the system to:
determine that the preliminary number of exposures is not an integer; and
determine, in response to the determination that the preliminary number of exposures is not an integer, the secondary number of exposures based on a rate of change in the composing length.

9. The image composition system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor causes the system to:
determine the rate of change in the composing length based on the preliminary composing length and a secondary composing length.

10. The image composition system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor causes the system to:
determine that the rate of change in the composing length is below a threshold.

11. The image composition system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor causes the system to:
determine the secondary composing length based on the preliminary number of exposures, the height of the initial effective light field, and a length of the initial overlapping region between two adjacent exposures.

12. The image composition system of claim 7 , wherein to adjust the preliminary number of exposures, the at least one processor causes the system to:
determine that the preliminary number of exposures is an integer; and
determine, in response to the determination that the preliminary number of exposures is an integer, the secondary number of exposures to be equal to the preliminary number of exposures or the preliminary number of exposures plus one.

13. The image composition system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor causes the system to adjust the height of the initial effective light field to obtain a height of the effective light field such that the height of the effective light field is equal to or smaller than the height of the initial effective light field.

14. A method for image composition implemented on at least one device each of which has at least one processor and storage, the method comprising:
setting a plurality of parameters relating to an X-radiation source or a radiation detector based on a preliminary exposure region and an initial parameter; and
controlling, based on at least one of the plurality of parameters, a motion of the X-radiation source or a motion of the radiation detector to capture a plurality of sub-images.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising combining the plurality of sub-images.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the initial parameter is provided by the at least one device during initialization.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the initial parameter includes at least one of an initial number of exposures, an initial overlapping region between two adjacent exposures, a starting position of an initial effective light field, a stopping position of the initial effective light field, or a height of the initial effective light field.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising determining a preliminary number of exposures based on the preliminary exposure region.

19. The method of claim 14 , the parameters comprising at least one of a dimension of an exposure region, a number of exposures, an overlapping region between two adjacent exposures, a starting position of an effective light field, an ending position of the effective light field, a composing length, or a height of the effective light field.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by a computing device, causing the computing device to implement a method, the computing device including at least one processor, the method comprising:
setting a plurality of parameters relating to an X-radiation source or a radiation detector based on a preliminary exposure region and an initial parameter; and
controlling, based on at least one of the plurality of parameters, a motion of the X-radiation source or a motion of the radiation detector to capture a plurality of sub-images.

Assignees

• Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Wenjun
• Jin Xiangcui
• Hu Yang
• Xiao Haifeng
• Chen Hongwei
• Wang Wei

Classifications

• A61B6/032

  Transmission computed tomography [CT] · CPC title

• G06T2207/10104

  Positron emission tomography [PET] · CPC title

• G06T2207/10132

  Ultrasound image · CPC title

• A61B6/4464

  the source unit or the detector unit being mounted to ceiling · CPC title

• G06T7/32

  using correlation-based methods · CPC title