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Method for determining and displaying at least one piece of information on a target volume

US8290226B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Jens Gühring · Monmouth Junction, US
Michaela Schmidt · Uttenreuth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2007
Grant date	Oct 16, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30048
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for determining and displaying at least one piece of information on a target volume, especially in a human body, the information being obtained from an image record. At least one embodiment of the method includes: a first and at least one second image record of a target zone encompassing the target volume are recorded, the first image record having a higher contrast regarding the boundaries of the target volume, and the first and the second image record being registered together; the target volume is segmented in the first image record; target volume image data.

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