Synthetic image generation by combining image of object under examination with image of target

摘要

Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for combining a three-dimensional image of a target with a three-dimensional image of an object that is under examination via radiation to generate a three-dimensional synthetic image are provided. Although the target is not actually comprised within the object under examination, the three-dimensional synthetic image is intended to cause the target to appear to be comprised within the object. In one embodiment, one or more artifacts may be intentionally introduced into the three-dimensional synthetic image that are not comprised within the three-dimensional image of the target and/or within the three-dimensional image of the object to generate a synthetic image that more closely approximates in appearance a three-dimensional image that would have been generated from an examination had the target been comprised within the object.

主权项

1. A method for generating a three-dimensional synthetic image representative of an object undergoing an examination and representative of a target, comprising:
acquiring a three-dimensional image of the object undergoing an examination via radiation; acquiring a three-dimensional image of the target, the target not subject to the examination; and combining, in three dimensional image space, the three-dimensional image of the object with the three-dimensional image of the target to generate the three-dimensional synthetic image whereby the target appears to be comprised within the object, the combining comprising casting artifacts on a portion of the three-dimensional synthetic image representative of at least one of:
a first aspect of the object proximate the target, orthe target.