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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2010
Applicant:
Yoshihisa Shinagawa, Downingtown, PA (US);
Inventor:
Yoshihisa Shinagawa, Downingtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 2215/06 (2013.01); G06T 3/0031 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein is a technology for facilitating visualization of a tubular structure. Digitized image data of the tubular structure is received and processed to determine a centerline. A first transformation operation is performed on a first set of coordinates representing the tubular structure to generate a transformed tubular structure with a straight centerline. A second transformation operation is then performed locally on a second set of coordinates representing at least one fold of the transformed tubular structure to generate a transformed fold, which is perpendicular to the centerline.