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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2005
Noah Lee, Berlin, DE;
Matthias Rasch, Ewing, NJ (US);
Noah Lee, Berlin, DE;
Matthias Rasch, Ewing, NJ (US);
Siemens Aktiengellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for curved planar reformation of an image includes receiving a data volume including a medial axis tree of a vessel tree, determining a global rotation axis of the medial axis tree, and casting a line segment from a vessel tree root of the medial axis tree into a predefined direction perpendicular to the global rotation axis. The method includes projecting the medial axis tree onto a reference plane along the line segment. The method further includes re-sampling, from at least one medial axis point of a reference plane, the data volume using a vector perpendicular to a medial axis tangent of the reference plane, wherein the vector defines a sampling direction. The method includes rendering an image of the vessel tree along the vector.