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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1997
Gregory Sharat Lin, Fremont, CA (US);
Ray Steven Spratt, San Jose, CA (US);
Dennis Paul, Mountain View, CA (US);
Diasonics Ultrasound, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating three-dimensional (3D) images of flow structures and their flow lumen using ultrasound techniques. According to one aspect of the invention, a border between a flow region and a non-flow region is used to render a three-dimensional image of the flow lumen of the flow structure. The images may be viewed in real-time and/or stored on a machine-readable medium. In one embodiment, the three-dimensional images may be manipulated in a number of viewing directions/angles/distances/positions/styles. In one embodiment, a flow lumen may be displayed using a virtual angioscopic view.