Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Joost Frederik

Steven Lobregt

Alan Pek Seng Tjhang

The present invention discloses a method of retrieving a plurality of data slices from a medical image data set (), the method comprising the steps of: a) displaying an indicator () associated with the plurality of data slices; b) selecting the indicator () based on a user input; and c) retrieving the plurality of data slices () associated with the indicator when said indicator is selected; wherein the association between the indicator and the plurality of slices is based on segmentation of the medical image data set, the indicator representing an object obtained in the segmentation of the medical image data set, the plurality of data slices comprising the object data. The method of the invention reduces the amount of data transfer because it allows for retrieving only those data slices which comprise relevant data relating to the object of interest.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Joost Frederik