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Three-dimensional image display device in network

US6683933B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 2002
Grant dateJan 27, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG16H40/63
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A three-dimensional image processing system enables multiple users at distant locations employing ordinary personal computers to construct and observe three-dimensional images simultaneously. In a network environment, a three-dimensional image processing device acquires image data and incorporates it into three-dimensional voxels based on instructions from the computers. The device operates on the three-dimensional voxels using object space domain, opacity and color parameters to construct three-dimensional data and operates on the three-dimensional data using projection processing parameters to construct three-dimensional images. The system sets projection processing parameters for constructing three-dimensional images from three-dimensional data and displays three-dimensional images which may be routed to the various computers via the network.

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