VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY WITH IMPROVED IMAGE SEGMENTATION AND LESION DETECTION

A system, and computer implemented method are provided for interactively displaying three-dimensional structures. Three-dimensional volume data (34) is formed from a series of two-dimensional images (33) representing at least one physical property associated with the three-dimensional structure, suc...

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Main Authors STELTS, DAVID, R, SALIDO, TIFFANY, W, HEMLER, PAUL, F, VINING, DAVID, J, HUNT, GORDON, W, GE, YAORONG, AHN, DAVID, K
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 26.12.2007
Edition7
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DIAGNOSIS
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
SURGERY
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Summary:A system, and computer implemented method are provided for interactively displaying three-dimensional structures. Three-dimensional volume data (34) is formed from a series of two-dimensional images (33) representing at least one physical property associated with the three-dimensional structure, such as a body organ having a lumen. A wire frame model of a selected region of interest is generated (38b). The wireframe model is then deformed or reshaped to more accurately represent the region of interest (40b). Vertices of the wire frame model may be grouped into regions having a characteristic indicating abnormal structure, such as a lesion. Finally, the deformed wire frame model may be rendered in an interactive three-dimensional display.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19990957586