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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Arie E. Kaufman, Plainview, NY (US);
Zhengrong Liang, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Mark R. Wax, Greenlawn, NY (US);
Ming Wan, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Dongqing Chen, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for generating a three-dimensional visualization image of an object such as an organ using volume visualization techniques and exploring the image using a guided navigation system which allows the operator to travel along a flight path and to adjust the view to a particular portion of the image of interest in order, for example, to identify polyps, cysts or other abnormal features in the visualized organ. An electronic biopsy can also be performed on an identified growth or mass in the visualized object. Improved fly-path generation and volume rendering techniques provide enhanced navigation through, and examination of, a region of interest.