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Method, device and computer program product for evaluating medical image data sets

US8031923B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Tomtec Imaging Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Georg Schummers · Munich, DE
Marcus Schreckenberg · Freising, DE
Dieter Bayer · Böblingen, DE
Horst Joachim Mayer · Arnsberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2007
Grant date	Oct 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 23, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, a device and a computer program product for evaluating medical image data sets, which consists of two-dimensional section images, in particular MR images, wherein a plurality of two-dimensional cross-sections (K1, K2, . . . Kn) and at least one two-dimensional longitudinal section (L1) of a target region (1) of a human or animal body are recorded and stored, a longitudinal axis (5) and points of intersection (6) are determined at the points at which the longitudinal axis (5) extends through the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sections (K1, K2 . . . Kn) and a reduced data volume (7) is generated, which is composed of partial cross-sections (k1, k2, . . . kn), which are generated by means of the points of intersection (6) and scaling factors (a1, a2, b1, b2) from the plurality of two-dimensional cross-sections (K1, K2, . . . Kn).

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