3D-volume viewing by controlling sight depth

A computer-implemented medical image processing method for determining a set of medical image data to be displayed, the method comprising executing, on one or more processors, steps of:

• acquiring, by the one or more processors, medical image data comprising three-dimensional medical image information describing an anatomical structure;
• acquiring, by the one or more processors, visibility value data comprising visibility value information describing the opacity and/or transparency of the medical image information;
• selecting at least a subset of the medical image information for being displayed based on the visibility value data;
• displaying the subset of the medical image information ora a display device;
• wherein the subset of the medical image information describes a part of the anatomical structure but not the whole anatomical structure, and wherein the subset of the medical image information represents a visible image of a first part of the anatomical structure which lies in between a different, second part of the anatomical structure which is displayed in a transparent manner and a further different, third part of the anatomical structure which is occluded in the display.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by at least one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a computer-implemented medical image processing method for determining a set of medical image data to be displayed by executing, on the one or more processors, the steps of:

• acquiring, by the one or more processors, medical image data comprising three-dimensional medical image information describing an anatomical structure;
• acquiring, by the one or more processors, visibility value data comprising visibility value information describing the opacity and/or transparency of the medical image information;
• selecting at least a subset of the medical image information for being displayed based on the visibility value data:
• displaying the subset of the medical image information on a display device;
• wherein the subset of the medical image information describes a part of the anatomical structure but not the whole anatomical structure, and wherein the subset of the medical image information represents a visible image of a first part of the anatomical structure which lies in between a different, second part of the anatomical structure which is displayed in a transparent manner and a further different, third part of the anatomical structure which is occluded in the display.