METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CURVED MULTI-SLICE DISPLAY
First Claim
1. A method of generating a curved multi-slice display comprising:
- selecting a multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) source view from ultrasound data representative of a three-dimensional (3D) volume of at least one structure in a body;
generating a reference view from the source view, the reference view including a reference point on a curved reference line, wherein the curved reference line corresponds to a curvature of the at least one structure; and
generating a plurality of orthogonal slice views from the ultrasound data along the curved reference line, the plurality of orthogonal slice views being spaced apart from adjacent ones thereof and disposed along the curved reference line.
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Abstract
A method of generating a curved multi-slice display (50) comprises selecting a multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) source view from ultrasound data representative of a 3D volume of at least one structure in a body, generating a reference view (40) from the source view, the reference view including a reference point (42) on a curved reference line (44), wherein the curved reference line (44) corresponds to a curvature of the at least one structure, and generating a plurality of orthogonal slice views (46) from the ultrasound data along the curved reference line, the plurality of orthogonal slice views (46) being spaced apart from adjacent ones thereof and disposed along the curved reference line (44).
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1. A method of generating a curved multi-slice display comprising:
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selecting a multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) source view from ultrasound data representative of a three-dimensional (3D) volume of at least one structure in a body; generating a reference view from the source view, the reference view including a reference point on a curved reference line, wherein the curved reference line corresponds to a curvature of the at least one structure; and generating a plurality of orthogonal slice views from the ultrasound data along the curved reference line, the plurality of orthogonal slice views being spaced apart from adjacent ones thereof and disposed along the curved reference line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer program product comprising:
computer readable media having a set of instructions that are executable by a computer for carrying out a method of generating a curved multi-slice display comprising; selecting a multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) source view from ultrasound data representative of a three-dimensional (3D) volume of at least one structure in a body; generating a reference view from the source view, the reference view including a reference point on a curved reference line, wherein the curved reference line corresponds to a curvature of the at least one structure; and generating a plurality of orthogonal slice views from the ultrasound data along the curved reference line, the plurality of orthogonal slice views being spaced apart from adjacent ones thereof and disposed along the curved reference line. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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