Method and apparatus for soft-tissue volume visualization
US7397886B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S378/901
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for obtaining data including scanning an object using a multi-energy computed tomography (MECT) system to obtain data to generate an anatomical image, and decomposing the obtained data to generate a first density image representative of bone material and a second density image representative of soft-tissue. The method further includes segmenting at least one of the first density image and the second density image, and volume rendering the second density image.
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