System and method for performing a three-dimensional virtual examination of objects, such as internal organs

US7194117B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Research Foundation of the State University of New York · US

Inventors

• Arie E. Kaufman · Plainview, US
• Zhengrong Liang · Stony Brook, US
• Mark R. Wax · Greenlawn, US
• Ming Wan · Sammamish, US
• Dongqing Chen · Port Jefferson Station, US
• Bin Li · Longbeilingcun, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2219/2004
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods for generating a three-dimensional visualization image of an object, such as an internal organ, using volume visualization techniques are provided. The techniques include a multi-scan imaging method; a multi-resolution imaging method; and a method for generating a skeleton of a complex three dimension object. The applications include virtual cystoscopy, virtual laryngoscopy, virtual angiography, among others.