Methods and systems for accelerated reading of a 3D medical volume
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorShaohua Kevin Zhou
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for automatically visualizing 3D medical image data to provide accelerated reading of the 3D medical image data are disclosed. A 3D medical volume is received. A synopsis volume or a tapestry image is generated from the 3D medical volume. A synopsis volume is a spatially compact volume that is created from the 3D medical image volume and contains target anatomical structures related to a particular clinical task. A tapestry image is a single 2D image that visualizes a combination of multiple 2D views of one or more target anatomical objects related to a particular clinical task.
Claims22
A method for automatically visualizing 3D medical image data to provide accelerated reading of the 3D medical image data, comprising:
- receiving a 3D medical volume;
- segmenting a plurality of target anatomical structures in the 3D medical volume;
- automatically generating a synopsis volume including the segmented plurality of target anatomical structures by repositioning the segmented plurality of target anatomical structures with respect to each other to minimize a size of the synopsis volume;
- and
- displaying the synopsis volume.
An apparatus for automatically visualizing 3D medical image data to provide accelerated reading of the 3D medical image data, comprising:
- means for receiving a 3D medical volume;
- means for segmenting a plurality of target anatomical structures in the 3D medical volume;
- means for automatically generating a synopsis volume including the segmented plurality of target anatomical structures by repositioning the segmented plurality of target anatomical structures with respect to each other to minimize a size of the synopsis volume;
- and
- means for displaying the synopsis volume.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for automatically visualizing 3D medical image data to provide accelerated reading of the 3D medical image data, the computer program instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a 3D medical volume;
- segmenting a plurality of target anatomical structures in the 3D medical volume;
- automatically generating a synopsis volume including the segmented plurality of target anatomical structures by repositioning the segmented plurality of target anatomical structures with respect to each other to minimize a size of the synopsis volume;
- and
- displaying the synopsis volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.