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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul F. Stetson, Piedmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); A61B 3/14 (2006.01); A61B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/003 (2013.01); A61B 3/102 (2013.01); A61B 3/14 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention improves projection displays of volume data. Using the Minimum Intensity Projection (MinIP), fluid filled regions or other regions of hyporeflective tissue are displayed. By limiting the projection to partial volumes within the volume, differences in the scattering intensity within specific regions are isolated. In this way, hyperreflectivity of weakly scattering tissue can be assessed.