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Method of visualization of a part of a three-dimensional image

US7242402B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 15, 2000
Grant dateJul 10, 2007
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2219/008
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a method of visualization of a part of a three-dimensional image. The part is defined by a finite predetermined volume, a sphere, for example, the center of which is located on an element of interest present in the three-dimensional image. In order to do so, a point is selected on the element of interest, a sphere is created in the three-dimensional image, the dimensions of which are predetermined and the center of which is the point on the element of interest, an intersection is made between the sphere and the three-dimensional image, and then the part of the three-dimensional image contained in the sphere is displayed.

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