Method for generating image files having a number of logical layers
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDiana Martin, Sebastian Schmidt
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Abstract
A method for image acquisition is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes acquiring, by a first imaging method, first image data of an object to be examined; acquiring, by a second imaging method, second image data of the object to be examined; generating an image file, the file format of which allows different logical layers of image data to be stored, in such a manner that the image file generated contains the acquired first image data in a first logical layer in the intended layer format and the acquired second image data in a second logical layer.
Claims12
A method for image acquisition, comprising:
- acquiring, by a first imaging method, first image data of an object to be examined;
- acquiring, by a second imaging method, second image data of the object to be examined;
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- generating an image file, a file format of the image file allowing at least a first and a second different logical layer of image data to be stored such that the image file generated contains the acquired first image data in a first logical layer in an intended layer format and the acquired second image data in a second logical layer, the file format being a DICOM standard file format and the second layer corresponding to a DICOM overlay format.
A method, comprising:
- using a file format for image files which allows different logical layers of image data to be stored;
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- generating, using first image data acquired by a first image acquisition method and second image data acquired by a second image acquisition method, an image file which contains the acquired first image data in a first logical layer in an intended layer format and contains the acquired second image data in a second logical layer, the file format being a DICOM standard file format and the second layer corresponding to a DICOM overlay format.
A method for using a file format for image files which allows different logical layers of image data to be generated, the method comprising:
- generating, using first image data acquired by a first image acquisition method and second image data acquired by a second image acquisition method, an image file containing the acquired first image data in a first logical layer in an intended layer format and the acquired second image data in a second different logical layer, the file format being a DICOM standard file format and the second layer corresponding to a DICOM overlay format.
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