Patent · US Active

Vascular reformatting using curved planar reformation

US8744146B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Noah Lee · Berlin, DE
Matthias Rasch · Lonnerstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 12, 2005
Grant date	Jun 3, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2215/06
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for curved planar reformation of an image includes receiving a data volume including a medial axis tree of a vessel tree, determining a global rotation axis of the medial axis tree, and casting a line segment from a vessel tree root of the medial axis tree into a predefined direction perpendicular to the global rotation axis. The method includes projecting the medial axis tree onto a reference plane along the line segment. The method further includes re-sampling, from at least one medial axis point of a reference plane, the data volume using a vector perpendicular to a medial axis tangent of the reference plane, wherein the vector defines a sampling direction. The method includes rendering an image of the vessel tree along the vector.

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