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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Hendrikus Hubertus Maria Korsten, Eindhoven, NL;
Peter Hendrik Nelis De With, Son En Breugel, NL;
Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Bergmans, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system for processing an image data volume acquired with a medical imaging acquisition devicefrom a body comprising a needle is provided. It has been realized it is advantageous to displaya plane intersecting the image data volume showing the needle to a user of the system. This allows better positioning of the needle. The system comprises a needle-plane determinationmodule for determining a plane being parallel to and intersecting a representation in the image data volume of the needle and being parallel to a viewing direction. The needle plane determination module may make use of pixel processing and/or spectral transformation, in particular the Gabor transform.