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Cinematic rendering of unfolded 3D volumes

US10332305B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Shaohua Kevin Zhou · Plainsboro, US
Klaus Engel · Recklinghausen, DE
Andreas Wimmer · Graz, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 2016
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 6, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG16H30/20
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present embodiments relate to cinematic volume renderings and/or volumetric Monte-Carlo path tracing. By way of introduction, the present embodiments described below include apparatuses and methods for cinematic rendering of unfolded three-dimensional volumes. An image analysis algorithm is performed on an input volume to extract one or more structures of interest, such as a rib centerline, a liver surface or another three-dimensional volume. Based on the extracted three-dimensional structure(s), a geometric transformation is computed to generate an unfolded three-dimensional volume of the structure(s). Cinematic volume rendering techniques are used to generate a rendered image from the unfolded three-dimensional volume.

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