METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALIGNMENT OF A SUBJECT FOR MEDICAL IMAGING

摘要

Methods and systems for alignment of a subject for medical imaging are disclosed, and involve providing a reference image of an anatomical region of the subject, the anatomical region comprising a target tissue, processing the reference image to generate an alignment reference image, displaying the alignment reference image concurrently with real-time video of the anatomical region, and aligning the real-time video with the alignment reference image to overlay the real-time video with the alignment reference image. Following such alignment, the subject may be imaged using, for example, fluorescence imaging, wherein the fluorescence imaging may be performed by an image acquisition assembly aligned in accordance with the alignment.

主权项

1. A method of aligning an image acquisition assembly, the method comprising:
receiving a reference image of an anatomical region of a subject, the anatomical region comprising a target tissue; processing the reference image to generate an alignment reference image; displaying the alignment reference image on a display concurrently with real-time video of the anatomical region acquired from the image acquisition assembly; dynamically updating the displayed real-time video to reflect adjustments to a current alignment of the image acquisition assembly relative to the anatomical region of the subject; and displaying the real-time video and the alignment reference image as overlaid with one another when the current alignment of the image acquisition assembly is aligned with a predefined alignment associated with the reference image.