Half box for ultrasound imaging
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsHelmut Brandl, Heinz Schmied
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Abstract
A method for generating an ultrasound image, comprising displaying a rendered image of a target from an edge of a full box encompassing the target. An input regarding a selection of a half box may be received from a user. When the half box is not selected, the rendered image may continue to be displayed. When the half box is selected, a new image may be rendered from a reference of the full box, and the rendered image may be displayed.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- generating and displaying a full box volume rendering of a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound volume defined by a full box encompassing a target in a full box rendering mode;
- generating and displaying a slice image at a reference position within the full box through the target;
- receiving an instruction to switch to a half box rendering mode, wherein the half box rendering mode comprises:
- continuing to display the slice image, wherein the reference position of the slice image is one side of a half box;
- and
- generating and displaying a half box volume rendering of the 3D ultrasound volume of the target defined by the half box.
A system comprising:
- an input device configured to receive a selection to switch from a full box rendering mode to a half box rendering mode;
- a processor configured to:
- generate a full volume box rendering of a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound volume defined by a full box encompassing a target in the full box rendering mode,
- generate a slice image at a reference position within the full box through the target in the full box rendering mode, and
- generate a half box volume rendering of the 3D ultrasound volume of the target defined by a half box in the half box rendering mode, wherein the reference position of the slice image is one side of the half box;
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- a display configured to:
- display the full box volume rendering and the slice image in the full box rendering mode, and
- display the half box volume rendering and the slice image in the half box rendering mode.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:
- generating and displaying a full box volume rendering of a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound volume defined by a full box encompassing a target in a full box rendering mode;
- generating and displaying a slice image at a reference position within the full box through the target;
- receiving an instruction to switch to a half box rendering mode, wherein the half box rendering mode comprises:
- continuing to display the slice image, wherein the reference position of the slice image is one side of a half box;
- and
- generating and displaying a half box volume rendering of the 3D ultrasound volume of the target defined by the half box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.