Electromagnetic interference pattern recognition tomography
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| Název: | Electromagnetic interference pattern recognition tomography |
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| Patent Number: | 10921,361 |
| Datum vydání: | February 16, 2021 |
| Appl. No: | 15/953694 |
| Application Filed: | April 16, 2018 |
| Abstrakt: | An Electromagnetic Interference Pattern Recognition Tomography (EMIPRT) method for use in an image reconstruction system includes generating electromagnetic field data corresponding to an object in an imaging domain, via an electromagnetic tomography system, and using the generated electromagnetic field data, repeatedly, in recursive manner, forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interface image based on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interface images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interface image. Forming a disturbed electromagnetic interface image is also based on an object factor that is a functional of the differences between experimentally electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic fields calculated during the step of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image. After each repeated step of forming a superposition image, the method also includes determining whether a convergence objective has been reached. |
| Inventors: | EMTensor GmbH (Vienna, AT) |
| Assignees: | EMTensor GmbH (Vienna, AT) |
| Claim: | 1. An Electromagnetic Interference Pattern Recognition Tomography (EMIPRT) method for use in an image reconstruction system, comprising: via an electromagnetic tomography system, generating electromagnetic field data corresponding to an object in an imaging domain, wherein the electromagnetic field data is measured at a plurality of receivers after being produced at a plurality of transmitters and interacting with the object; and using the generated electromagnetic field data, repeatedly, in recursive manner: forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image; wherein the step of forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image includes forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on determination of an object factor that is a functional of the differences between experimental electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic fields calculated during the step of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image; and wherein the object factor is determined as [mathematical expression included] where Ez ij Sim or Exp is the experimentally simulated or measured value, respectively, of a z-component of the electromagnetic field measured by receiver j when transmitter i is the source of the electromagnetic field, where M ιJ is presented in a general form as α*f(E ij Exp)+β*(Σ ij Σ ij *Σ ij E ij)+γ*Ω, where α, β and γ are coefficients of real non-zero or zero values, where Ω is a regularization operator, and where f(E ij Exp) is a function of its argument. |
| Claim: | 2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step, carried out after each repeated step of forming a superposition image, of determining whether a convergence objective has been reached. |
| Claim: | 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is used as part of a method of generating 4D differential (dynamic) fused images. |
| Claim: | 4. The method of claim 3 , wherein generating 4D differential (dynamic) fused images includes combining at least one successively-formed images indicating relative physiological change with a baseline anatomical image for display as a single unified image. |
| Claim: | 5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the method of generating 4D differential (dynamic) fused images is used as part of a method of monitoring viability and/or functional conditions of biological tissue utilizing 4D dynamic fused electromagnetic pattern recognition tomography. |
| Claim: | 6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the steps of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image are carried out sequentially. |
| Claim: | 7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of displaying the superposition image via a display unit. |
| Claim: | 8. An Electromagnetic Interference Pattern Recognition Tomography (EMIPRT) method for use in an image reconstruction system, comprising: via an electromagnetic tomography system, generating electromagnetic field data corresponding to an object in an imaging domain, wherein the electromagnetic field data is measured at a plurality of receivers after being produced at a plurality of transmitters and interacting with the object; and using the generated electromagnetic field data, repeatedly, in recursive manner: forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image; wherein the step of forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image includes forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on determination of an object factor that is a functional of the differences between experimental electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic fields calculated during the step of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image; and wherein the object factor is determined as [mathematical expression included] where Ez ij Sim or Exp is the experimentally simulated or measured value, respectively, of a z-component of the electromagnetic field measured by receiver j when transmitter i is the source of the electromagnetic field, and where max∥Ez ij Exp ∥ is the maximal norm of the experimentally measured z-component of the electromagnetic field. |
| Claim: | 9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising a step, carried out after each repeated step of forming a superposition image, of determining whether a convergence objective has been reached. |
| Claim: | 10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the method is used as part of a method of generating 4D differential (dynamic) fused images. |
| Claim: | 11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the steps of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image are carried out sequentially. |
| Claim: | 12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising a step of displaying the superposition image via a display unit. |
| Claim: | 13. An Electromagnetic Interference Pattern Recognition Tomography (EMIPRT) method for use in an image reconstruction system, comprising: via an electromagnetic tomography system, generating electromagnetic field data corresponding to an object in an imaging domain, wherein the electromagnetic field data is measured at a plurality of receivers after being produced at a plurality of transmitters and interacting with the object; and using the generated electromagnetic field data, repeatedly, in recursive manner: forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image; wherein the step of forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image includes forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on determination of an object factor that is a functional of the differences between experimental electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic fields calculated during the step of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image; and wherein the object factor is determined as [mathematical expression included] where Ez ij Sim or Exp is the experimentally simulated or measured value, respectively, of a z-component of the electromagnetic field measured by receiver j when transmitter i is the source of the electromagnetic field, and where ∥Ez ij Exp ∥ θ is the norm of the experimentally measured z-component of the electromagnetic field measured by receiver j when transmitter i is the source of the electromagnetic field in power of θ. |
| Claim: | 14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising a step, carried out after each repeated step of forming a superposition image, of determining whether a convergence objective has been reached. |
| Claim: | 15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the method is used as part of a method of generating 4D differential (dynamic) fused images. |
| Claim: | 16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the steps of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image are carried out sequentially. |
| Claim: | 17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising a step of displaying the superposition image via a display unit. |
| Claim: | 18. An Electromagnetic Interference Pattern Recognition Tomography (EMIPRT) method for use in an image reconstruction system, comprising: via an electromagnetic tomography system, generating electromagnetic field data corresponding to an object in an imaging domain, wherein the electromagnetic field data is measured at a plurality of receivers after being produced at a plurality of transmitters and interacting with the object; and using the generated electromagnetic field data, repeatedly, in recursive manner: forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image; wherein the step of forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image includes forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on determination of an object factor that is a functional of the differences between experimental electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic fields calculated during the step of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image; and wherein the step of forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image includes calculation of [mathematical expression included] where E ι=1 to N (f k , x, y, z) and E J=1 to M (f k , x, y, z) are 3D electromagnetic fields (x,y,z) distribution from electromagnetic sources of frequency f k located at the positions of physical sources (from 1 to N) in the electromagnetic tomography system and at the position of physical receivers (from 1 to M) correspondingly, taken as conjugate values, and wherein Object Factor ij is the “ij” th component of the object factor, from transmitter i to receiver j. |
| Claim: | 19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising a step, carried out after each repeated step of forming a superposition image, of determining whether a convergence objective has been reached. |
| Claim: | 20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the method is used as part of a method of generating 4D differential (dynamic) fused images. |
| Claim: | 21. The method of claim 18 , wherein the steps of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image are carried out sequentially. |
| Claim: | 22. An Electromagnetic Interference Pattern Recognition Tomography (EMIPRT) method for use in an image reconstruction system, comprising: via an electromagnetic tomography system, generating electromagnetic field data corresponding to an object in an imaging domain, wherein the electromagnetic field data is measured at a plurality of receivers after being produced at a plurality of transmitters and interacting with the object; and using the generated electromagnetic field data, repeatedly, in recursive manner: forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image; wherein the step of forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image includes forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on determination of an object factor that is a functional of the differences between experimental electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic fields calculated during the step of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image; and wherein the step of recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images includes the calculation of sums [mathematical expression included] where E ι=1 to N (f k , x, y, z) and E J=1 to M (f k , x, y, z) are 3D electromagnetic fields (x,y,z) distribution from electromagnetic sources of frequency f k located at the positions of physical sources (from 1 to N) in the electromagnetic tomography system and at the position of the physical receivers (from 1 to M) correspondingly, taken as conjugate values, and wherein Object Factor ij is the “ij” th component of the object factor, from transmitter i to receiver j. |
| Claim: | 23. An Electromagnetic Interference Pattern Recognition Tomography (EMIPRT) method for use in an image reconstruction system, comprising: via an electromagnetic tomography system, generating electromagnetic field data corresponding to an object in an imaging domain, wherein the electromagnetic field data is measured at a plurality of receivers after being produced at a plurality of transmitters and interacting with the object; and using the generated electromagnetic field data, repeatedly, in recursive manner: forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interference image; wherein the step of forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image includes forming a disturbed electromagnetic interference image based at least in part on determination of an object factor that is a functional of the differences between experimental electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic fields calculated during the step of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image; and wherein the step of recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interference images includes the calculation, for iteration i>1, [mathematical expression included] where for simplicity the frequency terms are omitted, where E ι= (x, y, z) and E J= (x, y, z) are 3D electromagnetic fields (x,y,z) distribution from electromagnetic sources located at the positions of physical sources (from 1 to N) in the electromagnetic tomography system and at the position of the physical receivers (from 1 to M) correspondingly, taken as conjugate values, and wherein Object Factor i,j is the “ij” th component of the object factor, from transmitter i to receiver j. |
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| Assistant Examiner: | Liao, Christine Y |
| Primary Examiner: | Charioui, Mohamed |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Tillman Wright, PLLC Wright, James D. Higgins, David R. |
| Přístupové číslo: | edspgr.10921361 |
| Databáze: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Abstrakt: | An Electromagnetic Interference Pattern Recognition Tomography (EMIPRT) method for use in an image reconstruction system includes generating electromagnetic field data corresponding to an object in an imaging domain, via an electromagnetic tomography system, and using the generated electromagnetic field data, repeatedly, in recursive manner, forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, forming a disturbed electromagnetic interface image based on the undisturbed electromagnetic interference image, recognizing electromagnetic interference patterns in the repeatedly formed disturbed electromagnetic interface images, and forming a superposition image by nullifying or diminishing the recognized electromagnetic interference patterns from the disturbed electromagnetic interface image. Forming a disturbed electromagnetic interface image is also based on an object factor that is a functional of the differences between experimentally electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic fields calculated during the step of forming an undisturbed electromagnetic interference image. After each repeated step of forming a superposition image, the method also includes determining whether a convergence objective has been reached. |
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