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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2006
Steven Lobregt, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubrecht Lambertus Tjalling DE Bliek, Eindhoven, NL;
Steven Lobregt, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubrecht Lambertus Tjalling De Bliek, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for visualization and inspection of elongated curved structures is disclosed. According to an embodiment improved inspection of elongated three dimensional (3D) curved structures such as blood vessels in a 3D medical image is disclosed. Rendering is performed such that it results in the visualization of a (3D) curved cutplane of said curved elongated structure. The advantages of this method are for instance that the cutplane information is interpreted easily in relation to the three-dimensional shape and surroundings of the elongated object, without distortions, and that cutplanes along more than one structure can be visualized and examined together at the same time, without interpretation problems for diagnosis and therapy of anomalies in e.g. the blood vessels.