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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Andre Goossen, Radbruch, DE;
Raoul Florent, Ville d'Avray, FR;
Claire Levrier, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Jens Von Berg, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to medical image viewing in relation with navigation in X-ray imaging. In order to provide improved X-ray images, for example for cardiac procedures, allowing a facilitated perception while ensuring that increased details are visible, a medical image viewing device () for navigation in X-ray imaging is provided that comprises an image data providing unit (), a processing unit (), and a display unit (). The image data providing unit is configured to provide an angiographic image of a region of interest of an object. The processing unit is configured to identify a suppression area for partial bone suppression within the angiographic image, and to identify and locally suppress predetermined bone structures in the angiographic image in the suppression area, and to generate a partly-bone-suppressed image. Further, the display unit is configured to display the partly-bone-suppressed image.