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AssigneeWake Forest University Health Sciences
InventorDavid J. Vining
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A method and system are provided for effecting interactive, three-dimensional renderings of selected body organs for purposes of medical observation and diagnosis. A series of CT images of the selected body organs are acquired. The series of CT images is stacked to form a three-dimensional volume file. To facilitate interactive three-dimensional rendering, the three-dimensional volume file may be subjected to an optional dataset reduction procedure to reduce pixel resolution and/or to divide the three-dimensional volume file into selected subvolumes. From a selected volume or subvolume, the image of a selected body organ is segmented or isolated. A wireframe model of the segmented organ image is then generated to enable interactive, three-dimensional rendering of the selected organ.
A medical system for interactively displaying three dimensional structures from a three-dimensional volume of data representing at least one physical property associated with a three dimensional body, comprising:
A medical system for interactively displaying three dimensional structures from a three-dimensional volume of data representing at least one physical property associated with a three dimensional body, comprising:
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