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System and method for analyzing and displaying computed tomography data

  • US 20050245803A1
  • Filed: 03/14/2003
  • Published: 11/03/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of imaging a tubular body structure having a lumen defined by a wall, comprising:

  • providing a data set containing data representing a plurality of cross-sectional images of a tubular structure of the body taken along a longitudinal axis of the tubular body;

    processing the data set to reconstruct a three-dimensional image of the tubular body;

    identifying a central pathway through a lumen of the three-dimensional image;

    selecting a starting point along the central pathway;

    processing the data beginning at the starting point and continuing along the longitudinal length of the three-dimensional image of the colon and rendering a flattened view of the three-dimensional image;

    storing data representing the flattened view in an image buffer;

    displaying the flattened view of the image.

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