Process and system for simulation or digital synthesis of sonographic images
US8235726B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20221
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the simulation or digital synthesis of echographic images, characterized by the direct transformation in real time, or quasi real time, of the information contained in an IRM-type medical or veterinary image, without delimitation or segmentation of the bodies or structures contained in the volume of data of the IRM image, according to at least one two-dimensional observation window which can be modified in real time, or quasi real time, in terms of the dimension, position, direction and orientation thereof, the characteristics thereof depending on the type of virtual echographic probe determined, and reproducing all of the attenuation, reflection, refraction and dispersion effects, and the regulation effects of a real echographic image, each echographic image supplied cumulating the results of the simulations of the pre-cited effects.
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