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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher C. Slack, New Berlin, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technologies Company LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ; A61B 6/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 ; A61B 6/02 ;
Abstract
A CT system acquires a succession of 2D slice images which are combined to produce a 3D image data set. A projection image is produced from the 3D image data set and serves as an index which enables the operator to select a particular region of interest in the acquired 3D image data set. A specified number and orientation of slice images are then produced through the region of interest.