Visualization imaging system for curvilinear structures
US6970594B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of analyzing curvilinear structures by receiving three-dimensional space imaging data of a curvilinear structure, defining an axis curve within the curvilinear structure, sweeping a line segment along said axis curve so as to define a ribbon in said three-dimensional space, and adsorbing data from said three-dimensional space onto said ribbon.This ribbon may then be flattened for convenient examination.
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