The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2005
Thomas L. Stewart, Peoria, IL (US);
Deepak K. Gaddipati, Peoria, IL (US);
Thomas L. Stewart, Peoria, IL (US);
Deepak K. Gaddipati, Peoria, IL (US);
Bradley University, Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is an anatomy display method for radiographically obtained data. The anatomy display method comprises obtaining an anatomy dataset comprised of pixels, each of the pixels having a luminance, and the pixels being arranged in slices. A portion of the anatomy dataset is selected. A representative slice of the portion of the anatomy dataset is used to establish a threshold pixel luminance within the entire selected portion of the anatomical dataset. All pixels in the selected portion of the anatomy dataset below the threshold are set to zero luminance. A selected organ in the selected portion is isolated by volumetric analysis. A volumetric matrix of the pixels corresponding to the selected organ is saved. The matrix may be further manipulated for examination by rotating it, tracking it, rendering it transparent and enlarging subvolumes.