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Image visualization

US7817829B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

20Claims

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Assignee

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

Gundolf Kiefer · Aachen, DE
Helko Lehmann · Aachen, DE
Jurgen Weese · Aachen, DE
Marc Busch · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2005
Grant date	Oct 19, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 9, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T15/005
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Medical imaging modalities generate increasingly more and very large three-dimensional data sets. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a three-dimensional data set of an object of interest is interactively visualized with a varying sampling rate in an image. Advantageously, a focus area may be moved by a user interactively during rendering, wherein the sampling rate of a particular part of the image is defined by its relative position to the focus area. Advantageously, this may allow for an improvement of an overall rendering performance.

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