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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Johannes Catharina Antonius Op DE Beek, Eindhoven, NL;
Reiner Koppe, Hamburg, DE;
Erhard Paul Artur Klotz, Neumuenster, DE;
Johannes Catharina Antonius Op De Beek, Eindhoven, NL;
Reiner Koppe, Hamburg, DE;
Erhard Paul Artur Klotz, Neumuenster, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
For visualizing a limited part of a 3D medical image-point-related data set, Selectively, a geometrically selected part of the data set is suppressed and an image rendered based on any non-suppressed part of the data set. The selected geometrically selected part includes a first selection containing all points associated to a nearer region with respect to a first clipping plane, and all points associated to a farther region with respect to a second clipping plane, respectively. The image rendered thereby is based on an intermediate region between the first clipping plane and the second clipping plane.