System and method for three-dimensional image rendering and analysis
First Claim
1. A method of providing a three-dimensional image representation of an object, said object capable of detectably attenuating a signal resulting from scanning, comprising:
- a. scanning said object with a scanning-medium capable of producing a signal corresponding to a three-dimensional image of said object; and
b. obtaining a signal corresponding to said three-dimensional image of said object; and
c. supersampling said three-dimensional image signal to a degree greater than the highest spatial frequency of said signal.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and systems for conducting three-dimensional image analysis and diagnosis and possible treatment relating thereto. The invention includes methods of handling signals containing information (data) relating to three-dimensional representation of objects scanned by a scanning medium. The invention also includes methods of making and analyzing volumetric measurements and changes in volumetric measurements which can be used for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment.
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172 Claims
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1. A method of providing a three-dimensional image representation of an object, said object capable of detectably attenuating a signal resulting from scanning, comprising:
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a. scanning said object with a scanning-medium capable of producing a signal corresponding to a three-dimensional image of said object; and
b. obtaining a signal corresponding to said three-dimensional image of said object; and
c. supersampling said three-dimensional image signal to a degree greater than the highest spatial frequency of said signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of manufacture for providing a three-dimensional image representation of an object, said object capable of detectably attenuating a signal resulting from scanning, comprising:
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a machine readable-medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of;
a. scanning said object with a scanning-medium capable of producing a signal corresponding to a three-dimensional image of said object; and
b. obtaining a signal corresponding to said three-dimensional image of said object; and
c. supersampling said three-dimensional image signal to a degree greater than the highest spatial frequency of said signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for providing a three-dimensional image representation of an object, said object capable of detectably attenuating a signal resulting from scanning, comprising:
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a. a scanner for scanning an object with a scanning-medium capable of producing a signal corresponding to a three-dimensional image of an object;
b. a receiver which retrieves said signal for processing; and
c. a processor configured to receive said signal from said receiver and supersample said three-dimensional image signal to a degree greater than the highest spatial frequency of said signal. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for three-dimensional segmentation of a region of interest in a host body to differentiate an object in said region, comprising:
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a. scanning said region of interest with a scanning-medium capable of providing a signal corresponding to a three-dimensional representation of said region;
b. imposing three-dimensional units of image representation on said three-dimensional signal;
c. identifying image representation units as having object signal, background signal, and as boundary units having both object and background signal;
d. thresholding to separate background from object image; and
e. conducting three-dimensional connected component analysis to identify as images those objects contiguous in three-dimensional space. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. An article of manufacture for three-dimensional segmentation of a region of interest in a host body to differentiate an object in said region, comprising:
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a machine readable-medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of;
a. scanning said region of interest with a scanning-medium capable of providing a signal corresponding to a three-dimensional representation of said region;
b. imposing three-dimensional units of image representation on said three-dimensional signal;
c. identifying image representation units as having object signal, background signal, and as boundary units having both object and background signal;
d. thresholding to separate background from object image; and
e. conducting three-dimensional connected component analysis to identify as images those objects contiguous in three-dimensional space. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
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94. A system for three-dimensional segmentation of a region of interest in a host body to differentiate an object in said region, comprising:
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a. a scanner which scans said region of interest with a scanning-medium capable of providing a signal corresponding to a three-dimensional representation of said region; and
b. a processor configured to (i) impose three-dimensional units of image representation on said three-dimensional signal;
(ii) identify image representation units as having object signal, background signal, and as boundary units having both object and background signal;
(iii) threshold to separate background from object image; and
(iv) conduct three-dimensional connected component analysis to identify as images those objects contiguous in three-dimensional space. - View Dependent Claims (95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117)
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118. A method of generating a smoothed surface representation of a three-dimensional voxel representation of a three-dimensional image comprising:
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a. segmenting a three-dimensional image to provide a segmented voxelated three-dimensional signal;
b. modified tessellating said segmented 3D image to provide a 3D triangulated surface representation; and
c. filtering said 3D representation resulting from (b) to smooth said 3D triangulated surface representation. - View Dependent Claims (119, 120)
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121. An article of manufacture for generating a smoothed surface representation of a three-dimensional voxel representation of a three-dimensional image comprising:
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a machine readable-medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of;
a. segmenting a three-dimensional image to provide a segmented voxelated three-dimensional signal;
b. modified tessellating said segmented 3D image to provide a 3D triangulated surface representation; and
c. filtering said 3D representation resulting from (b) to smooth said 3D triangulated surface representation. - View Dependent Claims (122, 123, 128, 129, 130)
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124. A system for generating a smoothed surface representation of a three-dimensional voxel representation of a three-dimensional image comprising:
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a processor configured to;
a. segment a three-dimensional image to provide a segmented voxelated three-dimensional signal;
b. tessellate said segmented 3D image to provide a 3D triangulated surface representation; and
c. filter said 3D representation resulting from (b) to smooth said 3D triangulated surface representation. - View Dependent Claims (125, 126)
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127. A method of estimating volumetric doubling time (DT) of an object which changes size, said object found in a mammalian host, comprising:
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a. obtaining a measurement of a change of a volumetric characteristic of an object in a mammal over a time period, said object characterized as changing in size, over a time period, b. relating said change in said volumetric characteristic found in step (a) to said time period via an exponential size change model; and
c. determining an estimated doubling time (DT) by comparing volume change over said time period. - View Dependent Claims (131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142)
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143. An article of manufacture for estimating volumetric doubling time (DT) of an object which changes size, said object found in a mammalian host, comprising:
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a machine readable-medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of;
a. obtaining a measurement of a change of a volumetric characteristic of an object in a mammal over a time period, said object characterized as changing in size, over a time period, b. relating said change in said volumetric characteristic found in step (a) to said time period via an exponential size change model; and
c. determining an estimated doubling time (DT) by comparing volume change over said time period. - View Dependent Claims (144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158)
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159. A system for estimating volumetric doubling time (DT) of an object which changes size, said object found in a mammalian host, comprising:
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a processor configured to;
a. obtain a measurement of a change of a volumetric characteristic of an object in a mammal over a time period, said object characterized as changing in size, over a time period, b. relate said change in said volumetric characteristic found in step (a) to said time period via an exponential size change model; and
c. determine an estimated doubling time (DT) by comparing volume change over said time period. - View Dependent Claims (160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172)
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