Apparatus and Method to Facilitate User-Modified Rendering of an Object Image
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a user interface configurable to provide a user with a plurality of user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters;
a memory having penetrating energy-based image information regarding an object to be rendered stored therein;
a viewer coupled to the user interface and being configurable to render visible an image of the object as a function, at least in part, of the plurality of image reconstruction parameters;
a reconstructor coupled to the user interface, the memory, and the viewer and being configurable to respond, substantially in real time, to user manipulation of a given one of the user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters by facilitating automatic near-time rendering of the image of the object as a function, at least in part, of the plurality of image reconstruction parameters including the given one of the user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters.
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Abstract
A user interface (102) is configurable to provide a user (such as an individual) with a plurality of user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters. A memory (101) has penetrating energy-based image information regarding an object to be rendered stored therein. A viewer (103) (operably coupled to the user interface) is then configurable to render visible an image of this object as a function, at least in part, of this plurality of image reconstruction parameters and a reconstructor (104) (operably coupled to the user interface, the memory, and the viewer) is configurable to respond, substantially in real time, to user manipulation of a given one of the user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters by facilitating automatic near-time rendering of the image of the object as a function, at least in part, of the plurality of image reconstruction parameters including a given one of the user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a user interface configurable to provide a user with a plurality of user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters; a memory having penetrating energy-based image information regarding an object to be rendered stored therein; a viewer coupled to the user interface and being configurable to render visible an image of the object as a function, at least in part, of the plurality of image reconstruction parameters; a reconstructor coupled to the user interface, the memory, and the viewer and being configurable to respond, substantially in real time, to user manipulation of a given one of the user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters by facilitating automatic near-time rendering of the image of the object as a function, at least in part, of the plurality of image reconstruction parameters including the given one of the user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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recovering from memory penetrating energy-based image information regarding an object to provide recovered information; using the recovered information to provide a rendered image of the object; receiving, via a user interface, information regarding manipulation of a given one of a plurality of user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters by a user; using a reconstructor to automatically respond, substantially in real time, to the user manipulation of the given one of the user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters by facilitating automatic near-time rendering of the image of the object as a function, at least in part, of the plurality of image reconstruction parameters including the given one of the user-manipulable image reconstruction parameters.
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