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Method and system for guided two dimensional colon screening

US7711163B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · US

Inventors

Bernhard Geiger · Buckenhof, DE
Sandra Sudarsky · Bedminster, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 22, 2006
Grant date	May 4, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2219/2012
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and system for guiding imaging reading for colon screening includes scrolling through a succession of two dimensional (2D) cross-sectional images of a colon in respective image planes. A point of intersection with a current image plane with the centerline of the colon is marked in a first color in the current cross-sectional image. As the scrolling proceeds and a new current cross-sectional image in a respective image plane is observed. a new point of intersection is marked in the current cross-sectional image in the first color and the prior point of intersection is projected onto the new current cross-sectional image and marked in a second color.

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