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Volume rendering from three-dimensional medical data using quantum computing

US10991133B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Lining Yang · Plainsboro, US
Christoph Vetter · Hopewell, US
Feng Qiu · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 2019
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG16H30/40
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To reduce complexity and corresponding run time, quantum computation is used for rendering a volume. The quantum computation may search for voxels along a ray or the minimum or maximum. The quantum computation may orient (e.g., rotate) data for more efficient searching for the maximum or minimum. Due to the superposition in quantum computing, the efficiency in volume rendering medical images is increased as compared to traditional binary approaches.

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