Method and system for visualizing a body volume and computer program product
First Claim
1. A method for visualizing a body volume, wherein a data set whose data values represent said body volume is displayed two- or three-dimensionally, in which method a synthesized data set is computed from at least two selected diagnostic data sets which are not identical and have a predefined spatial allocation with respect to each other, wherein each of the data values of said synthesized data set is computed as a mathematical function of at least one data value of each selected data set, and said synthesized data set is displayed on the display unit.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for two- or three-dimensionally visualizing a body volume, wherein a data set whose data values represent said body volume is displayed two- or three-dimensionally on a display, in which method a synthesized data set is computed from at least two selected diagnostic data sets which are not identical and have a predefined spatial allocation or relationship with respect to each other, wherein each of the data values of said synthesized data set is computed as a mathematical function of at least one data value of each selected data set, and said synthesized data set is displayed on the display unit. The two- or three-dimensional visualization of said synthesized data set may comprise more various items of image information than a selected data set and may thus be more informative and more accurate in detail.
The invention also relates to a computer program product, and to a system for implementing said method.
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- 1. A method for visualizing a body volume, wherein a data set whose data values represent said body volume is displayed two- or three-dimensionally, in which method a synthesized data set is computed from at least two selected diagnostic data sets which are not identical and have a predefined spatial allocation with respect to each other, wherein each of the data values of said synthesized data set is computed as a mathematical function of at least one data value of each selected data set, and said synthesized data set is displayed on the display unit.
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14. A system for visualizing a body volume, comprising:
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a) a data processing means for computing a synthesized data set from at least two selected diagnostic data sets which are not identical and have a predefined spatial allocation with respect to each other, such that each of the data values of said synthesized data set is computed as a mathematical function of at least one data value of each of said selected data sets, and b) a display for displaying said synthesized data set, whose data values represent said body volume, two- or three-dimensionally.
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