Burger C
Department Medizinische Radiologie, Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsspital Zürich.
Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1996 Jul 20;126(29):1274-80.
Image fusion supports the correlation between images of two or more studies of the same organ. First, the effect of differing geometries during image acquisitions, such as a head tilt, is compensated for. As a consequence, congruent images can easily be obtained. Instead of merely putting them side by side in a static manner and burdening the radiologist with the whole correlation task, image fusion supports him with interactive visualization techniques. This is especially worthwhile for small lesions as they can be more precisely located. Image fusion is feasible today. Easy and robust techniques are readily available, and furthermore DICOM, a rapidly evolving data exchange standard, diminishes the once severe compatibility problems for image data originating from systems of different manufacturers. However, the current solutions for image fusion are not yet established enough for a high throughput of fusion studies. Thus, for the time being image fusion is most appropriately confined to clinical research studies.
图像融合有助于对同一器官的两项或多项研究的图像进行关联。首先，可补偿图像采集过程中不同几何形状（如头部倾斜）的影响。因此，能够轻松获得全等图像。图像融合并非仅仅以静态方式将图像并排摆放，让放射科医生承担整个关联任务，而是通过交互式可视化技术为其提供支持。这对于小病变尤为重要，因为可以更精确地定位它们。如今图像融合是可行的。简单且稳健的技术 readily available，此外，DICOM作为一种快速发展的数据交换标准，减少了曾经因不同制造商系统产生的图像数据严重兼容性问题。然而，当前的图像融合解决方案对于高吞吐量的融合研究而言尚未足够成熟。因此，目前图像融合最适合局限于临床研究。 （注：“readily available”此处直接保留英文，可能原文有误，推测想表达“现成可用”之类意思，若为“readily available”的准确翻译“随时可用”，在此语境有些突兀）
