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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Sandra Sudarsky, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Kaloian Petkov, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2011.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/0033 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/1073 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01);
Abstract
For rendering in medical imaging, a transfer function is determined. A simple approach to setting the transfer function uses a combination of a rendered image and the voxel data, providing a hybrid of both image and data-driven approaches. A region of interest on a rendered image is used to select some of the voxel data. A characteristic of the selected voxel data is used to determine the transfer function for rendering another image. Both the visual aspect of the rendered image and the voxel data from the scan are used to set the transfer function.