MRT PET Signal Registration via N-Dimensional Scatter Plot
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical imaging technologies, such as x-ray, magnetic resonance tomography (MRT), and positron emission tomography (PET), provide limited information when used individually, necessitating a combined approach to achieve fused image data for enhanced diagnostic capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for a combined magnetic resonance positron emission tomography system that registers and displays signal values from both modalities as n-dimensional scatter plots, allowing for the direct comparison and visualization of anatomical structures and functional imaging data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If image data from multiple examination facilities (MRT and PET) are combined to achieve fused image data, then diagnostic information is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines image data from MRT and PET examination facilities into fused image data. The system integrates multiple data sources (MRT image data with signal parameters and PET image data with signal parameters) to create a comprehensive diagnostic dataset that leverages the strengths of both modalities while mitigating their individual limitations.
Solution Approach 2:
The examination facility is designed with multi-functionality to handle both MRT and PET examinations. The system can receive image data from different examination facilities and process them through a unified platform, enabling a single device to serve multiple diagnostic purposes without requiring separate specialized systems for each modality.
2Measurement precision
If signal values from MRT and PET are registered and displayed as n-dimensional scatter plots, then visualization of differences is enhanced, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs n-dimensional scatter plots to visualize and compare signal values from MRT and PET examinations. By transforming the data into multiple dimensions (spatial coordinates, signal intensity, contrast values), the system enables comprehensive visualization of differences between modalities that would be difficult to perceive in traditional two-dimensional image overlays.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments and processes signal values from different examination facilities separately before integration. Image data records with signal parameters from MRT are processed independently from PET data, allowing for targeted optimization of each modality's contribution while maintaining overall system coherence through the registration and correlation processes.
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AI summary
A method, a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for displaying signal values of a combined magnetic resonance positron emission tomography device. In at least one embodiment, the spatial correspondence of signal values, which result from a magnetic resonance measurement, and of signal values, which result from a positron emission tomography measurement, are used and the corresponding signal values are arranged in matrix form and displayed graphically as a multi-dimensional scatter plot.