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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Marcel Breeuwer, Eindhoven, NL;
Javier Olivan Bescos, Eindhoven, NL;
Maurice Alain Termeer, Vienna, AT;
Marcel Breeuwer, Eindhoven, NL;
Javier Olivan Bescos, Eindhoven, NL;
Maurice Alain Termeer, Vienna, AT;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to visualization of medical images, and in embodiments to the visualization of the left ventricle of the human heart or other organs. A method of visualizing one or more sets of voxel data is disclosed. The method comprising: providing one or more sets of voxel data, providing and segmenting the voxel data in accordance with a segment model. The segmented voxel data is reformatted to fit a reference shape () being defined by at least an inner () reference surface and an outer () reference surface. The reformatted voxel data is mapped to a target shape being defined by at least a first () target surface and a second () target surface. The target shape is moreover visualized. The mapping of the reformatted voxel data to a target shape is a mapping of one or more property values from the inner reference surface to the first target surface, and from the outer reference surface to the second target surface, and where a direction () extending along the inter-surface distance of the reference shape is maintained in the target shape.