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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Murali Tharan Gnanamani, Erlangen, DE;
Sven Kohle, Erlangen, DE;
Grzegorz Soza, Heroldsberg, DE;
Andreas Wimmer, Forchheim, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention relates to a method of visualization, wherein a 2D transformed image is generated based on 3D image data. A corresponding computation unit, a system including a computation unit and a displaying unit, a medical imaging device, and a computer program are also disclosed. The method of visualization of an embodiment includes receiving 3D image data representing at least a portion of a spine and a plurality of ribs; and generating a 2D transformed image based on the three-dimensional image data, the 2D transformed image representing the plurality of ribs and the portion of a spine in a straightened configuration, and the angle of rotation of at least one of the ribs around its long axis being selected from a plurality of angles. Selecting an angle of rotation from a plurality of angles allows selecting the perspective for viewing the ribs in the 2D transformed image.