Displaying anatomical tree structures
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorJacob S. Durgan
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Abstract
A visualization system including a first component (204) that processes volumetric image data indicative of a curved tubular tree structure having a plurality of branches so that the plurality of branches can be concurrently presented within a display window, wherein the volumetric image data is generated from x-ray projections acquired by a medical imaging system, and a second component (208) that concurrently presents the processed data to display the plurality of branches in a first display window and a region of interest identified on one of the branches in a second display window to present the region of interest in a spatial orientation different then that of the plurality of branches.
Claims20
A visualization system, comprising:
- a first component that processes volumetric image data indicative of a curved tubular tree structure having a plurality of branches so that the plurality of branches can be concurrently presented within a display window, wherein the volumetric image data is generated from x-ray projections acquired by a medical imaging system;
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- a second component that concurrently presents the processed data to display the plurality of branches in a first display window and a region of interest identified on one of the branches in a second display window to present the region of interest in a spatial orientation different then that of the plurality of branches, wherein the plurality of branches can be concurrently presented within a display window in at least one mode, wherein the at least one mode includes:
- (i) a local rotation mode in which each branch of the curved tubular tree structure is disjointed from the curved tubular tree structure at a corresponding bifurcation and is independently rotatable with respect to the other disjointed branches about a corresponding axis;
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- (ii) a slab mode in which a slab having a user-defined and adjustable thickness is superimposed over transverse view and sagittal view of the curved tubular tree structure, the slab defining the data that is presented in a coronal view of the curved tubular tree structure.
A method, comprising:
- concurrently presenting image data simultaneously showing a plurality of branches of a curved anatomical tubular structure and a region of interest on one of the branches, wherein the region of interest is presented in a spatial orientation different then that of the plurality of branches, wherein the curved anatomical tubular structure can be concurrently presented within a display window in at least one mode, wherein the at least one mode includes:
- (i) a local rotation mode in which each branch of the curved anatomical tubular structure is disjointed from the curved anatomical tubular structure at a corresponding bifurcation and is independently rotatable with respect to the other disjointed branches about a corresponding axis:
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- (ii) a slab mode in which a slab having a user-defined and adjustable thickness is superimposed over transverse view and sagittal view of the curved anatomical tubular structure, the slab defining the data that is presented in a coronal view of the curved anatomical tubular structure.
A system, comprising:
- means for obtaining a volume of imaging data generated from multiple slices indicative of a tubular tree structure;
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- means for concurrently presenting the tubular tree structure and a sub-portion of a branch of the tree structure that shows the branch in a different spatial orientation, wherein the tree structure can be concurrently presented within a display window in at least one mode, wherein the at least one mode includes:
- (i) a local rotation mode in which each branch of the tree structure is disjointed from the tree structure at a corresponding bifurcation and is independently rotatable with respect to the other disjointed branches about a corresponding axis;
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- (ii) a slab mode in which a slab having a user-defined and adjustable thickness is superimposed over transverse view and sagittal view of the tree structure, the slab defining the data that is presented in a coronal view of the tree structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.