Path proximity rendering

US9754411B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Dieter Geller · Aachen, DE
• Helko Lehmann · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 11, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 5, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T15/08
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a system (100) for visualizing an object of interest comprised in a volume of an image dataset, the system comprising a path unit (110) for specifying a path in the volume of the image dataset on the basis of the object of interest, a location unit (120) for determining a location on a projection ray through the volume of the image dataset on the basis of the specified path, and a value unit (130) for computing a projected gray value corresponding to the projection rayon the basis of the determined location on the projection ray. Because the locations on the projection ray are determined based on the specified path for indicating the object of interest, the actual computation of the projection gray values may be designed and constructed to show gray values describing the object of interest while hiding gray values describing other objects, in particular occluding objects. Thus, the system of the invention is arranged for visualizing the object of interest at different viewing angles without occluding the object of interest.