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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Atilla Peter Kiraly, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Carol L. Novak, Newtown, PA (US);
Benjamin L. Odry, West New York, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Atilla Peter Kiraly, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Carol L. Novak, Newtown, PA (US);
Benjamin L. Odry, West New York, NJ (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01); G06T 2219/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method including displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image of a lung, receiving a selection of an airway of the lung and displaying a two-dimensional (2D) cross-section image of the airway perpendicular to the airway's long axis, wherein the display of the 2D cross-section image occurs almost immediately after the selection of the airway is received.