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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2005
Koichi Fujiwara, Kobe, JP;
Osamu Toyama, Kakogawa, JP;
Koichi Fujiwara, Kobe, JP;
Osamu Toyama, Kakogawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When volume data of a three-dimensional object to be processed is read and stored into a predetermined storage, first, a plurality of reference planes are set and a plurality of reference distance maps each indicative of distribution of distances between the three-dimensional object and each of the reference planes are generated. Next, when an actual projection plane onto which the three-dimensional object is projected in the volume rendering is set, two or more distance maps out of the plurality of reference distance maps are converted into two or more converted distance maps in accordance with a positional relation between two or more reference planes corresponding to the two or more distance maps and the actual projection plane, and integrating the resultants, thereby generating a distance map for visualization indicative of distribution of distances between the three-dimensional object and the actual projection plane.