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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Johannes Bruijns, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Bruijns, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and computer readable medium for analyzing an object data set that includes points in a multi-dimensional space and in which a tubular structure occurs. The method includes determining a number of points forming part of the surface of the tubular structure in the vicinity of a selected position, and calculating a gradient to the surface for each of the points. The method further includes using the selection of points to calculate an orientation for a cutting plane such that the direction thereof is as parallel as possible to the longitudinal axis of the tubular structure at the selected position.
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