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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Jens Kaftan, Oxford, GB;
Matthew David Kelly, Botley, GB;
Guenther Platsch, Roenthenbach, DE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30172 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for generating an enhanced image for display from medical imaging data of a subject, a feature of interest in the imaging data elongated in at least one dimension is determined. A location of a line through the imaging data along the feature of interest is obtained, and a projection image along the line is generated from the imaging data.