Patent · US Active

Method for simple geometric visualization of tubular anatomical structures

US7620225B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Daniel Rinck · Forchheim, DE
Michael Scheuering · Koblenzer Straße, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 8, 2005
Grant date	Nov 17, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 6, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

A method is disclosed for visualizing tubular anatomical structures from 3D recorded medical images, in particular coronary vessel structures, in the case of which segmented 3D image data of the tubular structure are firstly provided. The tubular structure represented by the segmented 3D image data is approximated via a multiplicity of mutually adjacent cylindrical and/or conically tapering elements. The mutually adjacent elements are subsequently displayed without the segmented 3D image data of the tubular structure. The method enables a simplified geometric display of the tubular structure that enables the person skilled in the art to make a simple interpretation of the structure, particularly in the case of transmission as a 2D image display.

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