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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1998
Chikai J. Ohazama, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Tomographic images, including a tissue surface, are selected from volumetric data to provide selected tomographic images, each of the selected tomographic images has a respective orientation with respect to the tissue surface. Manual input data is accepted to define a boundary of the tissue surface in each of the selected tomographic images to provide respective manual traces of the boundary of the tissue surface. A 3D view of the tissue surface is displayed and updated in real time based on the manual traces of the boundary of the tissue surface. A user, such as a cardiologist, may therefore be provided with a visualization of the tissue surface allowing a faster and more accurate diagnosis of the tissue condition.