System and method for performing a three-dimensional virtual examination
US5971767A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/03
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for generating a three-dimensional visualization image of an object such as an organ using volume visualization techniques and exploring the image using a guided navigation system which allows the operator to travel along a flight path and to adjust the view to a particular portion of the image of interest in order, for example, to identify polyps, cysts or other abnormal features in the visualized organ. An electronic biopsy can also be performed on an identified growth or mass in the visualized object.
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