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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Pierre Lelong, Nogent sur Marne, FR;
Olivier Gerard, Paris, FR;
Pierre Lelong, Nogent sur Marne, FR;
Olivier Gerard, Paris, FR;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An image processing method for providing three-dimensional geometric modeling of the spine, using a biplanar image reconstruction, comprising steps of acquisition of a first view (F) of a part of the spine, and a second view (L) of the same part of the spine taken from a different angle around the longitudinal axis of the spine, matching the dimensions of the views (F,L) from two predetermined corresponding landmarks (PP) on each view and deriving three-dimensional coordinates (z, x, y) of corresponding points (P) along the spine. Application: X-ray medical 3-D imaging.