Method and system for volumemetric navigation supporting radiological reading in medical imaging systems
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1. A method for viewing medical images, comprising:
- automatically generating a first view of a medical image on a display device from a first set of digital medical images in a first digital medical image format, wherein the medical image for the first view is automatically generated on the display device from a plurality of data points from the first set of medical images; and
automatically generating an equivalent second view on one or more second sets of digital medical images, wherein the one or more second sets of digital medical images include one or more second digital medical image formats different from the first digital medical image format, thereby allowing for immediate synchronized view navigation through the first and one or more second set of digital medical images while they are being simultaneously viewed on two different medical viewing applications.
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Abstract
A method and system for three-dimensional (3D) volumetric navigation supporting radiological readings in two-dimensional (2D) medical image display systems. Reformatted 3D medical image data such as magnetic resonance (MR) data is linked to raw and formatted 2D image data such as computed tomography (CT) data. An automatic synchronized navigation through entire linked 3D and 2D data sets is provided.
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1. A method for viewing medical images, comprising:
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automatically generating a first view of a medical image on a display device from a first set of digital medical images in a first digital medical image format, wherein the medical image for the first view is automatically generated on the display device from a plurality of data points from the first set of medical images; and
automatically generating an equivalent second view on one or more second sets of digital medical images, wherein the one or more second sets of digital medical images include one or more second digital medical image formats different from the first digital medical image format, thereby allowing for immediate synchronized view navigation through the first and one or more second set of digital medical images while they are being simultaneously viewed on two different medical viewing applications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A medical imaging system, comprising:
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a viewing means for providing viewing information for two different medical viewing formats simultaneously for two different medical viewing applications; and
a bidirectional communications means for providing bi-direction communications of position information from the viewing means between the two different medical viewing applications, thereby allowing for immediate synchronized navigation through different medical image sets from the two different medical viewing formats while they are being simultaneously viewed on the two different medical viewing applications. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for viewing medical images, comprising:
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automatically generating a first three-dimensional view of a medical image on a display device from a first set of digital medical images in a first digital medical image format, wherein the medical image for the first three-dimensional view is automatically generated on the display device from a plurality of data points from the first set of medical images; and
automatically generating an equivalent first two-dimensional view on one or more second sets of digital medical images, wherein the one or more second sets of digital medical images include one or more second digital medical image formats different from the first digital medical image format, thereby allowing for immediate synchronized view navigation through the first and one or more second set of digital medical images while they are being simultaneously viewed on two different medical viewing applications. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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