Medical image data processing device and medical image data processing method

Abstract

A medical image data processing apparatus comprises a registration unit configured to perform a non-rigid registration of a first set of medical image data and a second set of medical image data, wherein the registration unit is further configured to determine, for at least one region, a rigid or affine registration that is an approximation of the non-rigid registration.

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[0001] Cross-reference of related applications [0002] This application is based on and claims the rights of priority of U.S. Patent Application No. 14 / 068,383 filed on October 31, 2013, the entire content of which is incorporated into this application by reference. Technical field [0003] The embodiments of the present invention relate to a medical image data processing device, a medical image data processing method, and a medical image data processing program. Background technique [0004] When clinicians observe medical images obtained from volume data, they sometimes view images related to the same patient or other subjects at the same time. Although the tissues of the anatomical structures displayed in each medical image are often the same, the pathology or other properties of the anatomical structures are sometimes different. [0005] Obtain various medical images from multiple scans of the same patient or other subjects. Here, the lesion or symptom develops with the passage...

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