Displaying three-dimensional medical images

A method for displaying three-dimensional medical images of a subject comprising:

• obtaining three-dimensional voxel data representing a three-dimensional image of the subject with voxel values corresponding to a physical property of the subject;
• obtaining a plurality of object parameter-sets from object parameters for a plurality of objects in the three-dimensional image, each object parameter specifying a spatial region, opacity and color of a corresponding object;
• storing the plurality of object parameter-sets, each object parameter-set specifying a view of the three-dimensional image;
• applying the plurality of object parameter-sets to the voxel values to create a plurality of view data of the three-dimensional image by;
• and
• creating a plurality of views of the three-dimensional image by applying projection-process parameters to the plurality of view data.

A computer-readable medium having executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

• obtaining three-dimensional voxel data representing a three-dimensional image of the subject with voxel values corresponding to a physical property of the subject;
• obtaining a plurality of object parameter-sets from object parameters for a plurality of objects in the three-dimensional image, each object parameter specifying a spatial region, opacity and color of a corresponding object;
• storing the plurality of object parameter-sets, each object parameter-set specifying a view of the three-dimensional image;
• applying the plurality of object parameter-sets to the voxel values to create a plurality of view data of the three-dimensional image by;
• and
• applying projection-process parameters to the plurality of view data to create a plurality of views of the three-dimensional image.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor through a bus;
• and
• an image process executed from the memory to cause the processor to store three-dimensional voxel data in the memory, to store a plurality of object parameter-sets in the memory, to create a plurality of view data from the plurality of object parameter-sets and the voxel values, and to create a plurality of views with a common viewpoint for a three-dimensional image from the plurality of view data.