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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
May. 12, 2003
Douglas Armand Demers, Haverhill, MA (US);
Mckee Dunn Poland, Andover, MA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A plurality of planes are scanned in real time to provide a display of images in the scanned planes in real time. The displayed images are accompanied by an orientation icon which depicts the relative inclination of the displayed planes. The icon includes a perspective view of the outline of one of the images as seen from the scanning transducer, with the aspect ratio of the outline varying to provide a visual depiction of the instantaneous inclination of the image planes. The icon may also include a numerical indication of the relative inclination and an indication of the left-right orientation of the images relative to the scanning transducer.