US 12,138,011 B2
Image registration method and system thereof
Chih Wei Lu, Taipei (TW); Sung Wei Lu, Taipei (TW); Jia-Wei Lin, Taipei (TW); I-Ling Chen, Taipei (TW); and Tuan Shu Ho, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Apollo Medical Optics, Ltd., Taipei (TW)
Appl. No. 17/607,853
Filed by Apollo Medical Optics, Ltd., Taipei (TW)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/030877
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/223572, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,197, filed on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211273 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 5/0035 (2013.01) [G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G06T 2207/10056 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10072 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image registration method comprising:
providing a wide view image of a target area by a f irst imager wherein the first imager has a field of view (FOV) in a range of 10*10 mm to 15*15 mm;
providing a narrow view image of the target area by a second imager wherein the second imager has a field of view (FOV) in a range of 1*1 mm to 5*5 mm;
aligning the narrow view image on the wide view image of the target area;
capturing an optical image by an optical imager, wherein the optical imager is configured to locate the optical image in the narrow view image to confirm a full lesion being examined, and has a field of view (FOV) in a range of 300*300 μm2 to 600*600 μm2; and
displaying position of the optical image on the narrow view image and the wide view image of the target area.