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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Klaus Engel, Nürnberg, DE;
James Williams, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/06 (2011.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/506 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 6/5211 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06T 15/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Functional and anatomical information are combined in medical imaging. The functional information is treated as a light source illuminating surrounding anatomy, not just along a viewing direction. As a result, rendered images of the anatomy include highlighting or visual lighting queues showing locations of biological activity using global illumination.