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Method for the computer-assisted visualization of diagnostic image data

US7961920B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

Thomas Netsch · Hamburg, DE
Stewart Young · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 2004
Grant date	Jun 14, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2210/41
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a computer-assisted visualization of a three-dimensional anatomical object, two or more diagnostic image data records (1, 3, 4, 5) of the object are recorded. Thereafter, an imaging specification is defined for imaging the image data (1, 3, 4, 5) onto a two-dimensional display plane (8). In order to define the imaging specification, anatomical features (2) of the object are identified in at least one of the image data records (1). Finally, a combined two-dimensional representation is calculated by imaging the two or more image data records (1, 3, 4, 5) according to the previously defined imaging specification onto a common display plane (8).

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