X-RAY TOOL FOR 3D ULTRASOUND
First Claim
1. A method for rendering an ultrasound volume, the method comprising:
- generating an external image of an ultrasound volume, wherein a fractional part of said external image corresponds to a fractional portion of said ultrasound volume; and
generating a composite image of said ultrasound volume using said external image, wherein said fractional part is replaced with an internal image of said ultrasound volume corresponding to said fractional portion.
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Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for rendering an ultrasound volume. An external image of an ultrasound volume is generated. A fractional part of the external image corresponds to a fractional portion of the ultrasound volume. A composite image of the ultrasound is generated using the external image, wherein the fractional part of the external image is replaced with an internal image of the ultrasound volume fractional portion. The internal image may be generated by changing a value of a visualization parameter used to generate the external image to a value more suitable for rendering an internal image. The ultrasound volume may include a organic structure, wherein the external image depicts an outer surface of the organic structure, and the internal image depicts a vascularity of the organic structure, such that the composite image simultaneously depicts both an outer surface and the vascularity of the organic structure.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for rendering an ultrasound volume, the method comprising:
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generating an external image of an ultrasound volume, wherein a fractional part of said external image corresponds to a fractional portion of said ultrasound volume; and generating a composite image of said ultrasound volume using said external image, wherein said fractional part is replaced with an internal image of said ultrasound volume corresponding to said fractional portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer readable medium comprising a program that, when executed by a processor, performs a method for rendering an ultrasound volume, the method comprising:
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generating an external image of an ultrasound volume, wherein a fractional part of said external image corresponds to a fractional portion of said ultrasound volume; and generating a composite image of said ultrasound volume using said external image, wherein said fractional part is replaced with an internal image of said ultrasound volume corresponding to said fractional portion.
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19. A computer system, comprising:
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a computer readable medium comprising a program that, when executed by a processor, performs a method for rendering an ultrasound volume, the method comprising; generating an external image of an ultrasound volume, wherein a fractional part of said external image corresponds to a fractional portion of said ultrasound volume; and generating a composite image of said ultrasound volume using said external image, wherein said fractional part is replaced with an internal image of said ultrasound volume corresponding to said fractional portion; and a processor for executing said program.
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