Image processing method and computer readable medium
AssigneeZiosoft, Inc.
InventorKazuhiko Matsumoto
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Abstract
A rendering method such as a maximum value method or an average value method is determined for volume data containing a region having a thickness of an observation object, and an arbitrary surface, which is a surface to be displayed, is generated. Next, a rendering region corresponding to the arbitrary surface is generated. A position (for example, x-y coordinate) on the arbitrary surface corresponding to each pixel in the rendering region is obtained. Next, the thickness d at the position (x, y) on the arbitrary surface is calculated. An image is generated according to the thickness information for each pixel in the rendering region.
Claims14
An image processing method for generating display data using a volume rendering method, said image processing method comprising:
- generating a surface;
- determining a thickness corresponding to each point on the generated surface based on at least one voxel value corresponding to said each point on the generated surface;
- and
- generating the display data corresponding to said each point on the generated surface, based on at least one voxel value corresponding to the determined thickness.
A computer readable medium having a program including instructions for permitting a computer to perform an image processing for generating display data using a volume rendering method, said instructions comprising:
- generating a surface;
- determining a thickness corresponding to each point on the generated surface based on at least one voxel value corresponding to said each point on the generated surface;
- and
- generating the display data corresponding to said each point on the generated surface based on at least one voxel value corresponding to the determined .thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.