Method and system for visualizing a body volume and computer program product
US6885886B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2219/028
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for visualizing a body volume, and a computer program product and a system for carrying out the method, wherein the method includes the steps of establishing a criterion for each pixel of a selected data set for whether or not the pixel is assigned to an image background; calculating a synthesized representation from at least two selected diagnostic data sets which are not identical, excluding the pixels assigned to an image background, the selected diagnostic data sets having a predefined spatial allocation with respect to each other; calculating each of the data values of the synthesized representation as a mathematical function of at least one data value of each of the selected data set; and displaying the synthesized representation of a data set whose data values represent the body volume two- or three-dimensionally on a display unit.
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