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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 22, 2006
Bernhard Geiger, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Sandra Sudarsky, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Bernhard Geiger, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Sandra Sudarsky, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for displaying unseen areas in guided two dimensional (2D) colon screening, includes calculating segmentation and colon surface for a colon; calculating a centerline for the colon; designating as a current focus point a current point of intersection of a current portion of the centerline and a current cross-sectional image of a colon in a current image plane; and extracting a colon surface portion in a connected colon component containing the current focus point; and marking voxels of the colon surface portion as a 'seen' area. Unseen areas of the colon surface are calculated by subtracting seen areas from the total colon area of observation. The unseen areas may then be displayed.