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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:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Samuel W. Peterson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Thomas J. Gleeson, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Marek Brejl, Eden Praire, MN (US);
Marguerite Kirkby, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Samuel W. Peterson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Thomas J. Gleeson, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Marek Brejl, Eden Praire, MN (US);
Marguerite Kirkby, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Vital Images, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating on volumetric imaging data representing organ anatomy includes determining whether a polyp location within a specified range from a viewing point is visible, or hidden by an anatomical feature, and marking the polyp as visible or hidden with a viewable indicator.