Method, system and computer program product for providing user-customizable standardized anatomical viewing protocols for volumetric data

A system for automatically generating a set of views for a new set of voxel data according to a viewing protocol, the system comprising:

• a memory for storing the new set of voxel data and the viewing protocol;
• means for performing the steps of
• a) storing a reference set of views for a reference set of voxel data according to the viewing protocol, wherein each view in the reference set of views is defined by a set of geometrical parameters defined with respect to a reference coordinate system of the reference set of voxels;
• b) defining a registration mapping from the reference set of voxel data to the new set of voxel data;
• and,
• c) using the registration mapping to map each view in the reference set of views to the new set of voxel data to provide the set of views for the new set of voxel data according to the viewing protocol.

A computer program product for use on a computer, the computer program product comprising:

• a recording medium;
• and,
• means recorded on the recording medium for instructing the computer system to perform the steps of:
• a) storing a reference set of views for a reference set of voxel data according to the viewing protocol, wherein each view in the reference set of views is defined by a set of geometrical parameters defined with respect to a reference coordinate system of the reference set of voxels;
• b) defining a registration mapping from the reference set of voxel data to the new set of voxel data;
• and,
• c) using the registration mapping to map each view in the reference set of views to the new set of voxel data to provide the set of views for the new set of voxel data according to the viewing protocol.