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

US7477768B2 · kind B2 · utility

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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	Dec 20, 2006
Grant date	Jan 13, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30101
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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.

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