METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INTERSECTION INFORMATION ON A VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND IMAGE
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1. A method for rendering an ultrasound volume for display, the method comprising:
- accessing ultrasound information corresponding to a volume dataset;
identifying a location of one or more surfaces intersecting the volume dataset;
colorizing a rendered image of the volume dataset based on the identified locations of the intersection of the one or more surfaces; and
displaying a rendered volume dataset with one or more colorized intersections.
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Abstract
A method and system for displaying intersection information on a volumetric ultrasound image are provided. One method includes accessing ultrasound information corresponding to a volume dataset and identifying a location of one or more surfaces intersecting the volume dataset. The method further includes colorizing a rendered image of the volume dataset based on the identified locations of the intersection of the one or more surfaces and displaying a rendered volume dataset with one or more colorized intersections.
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1. A method for rendering an ultrasound volume for display, the method comprising:
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accessing ultrasound information corresponding to a volume dataset; identifying a location of one or more surfaces intersecting the volume dataset; colorizing a rendered image of the volume dataset based on the identified locations of the intersection of the one or more surfaces; and displaying a rendered volume dataset with one or more colorized intersections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An ultrasound display comprising:
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an image slice display portion displaying one or more two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound image slices; and a volume rendering display portion displaying a rendered three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image volume having modified visible pixels corresponding to voxels associated with slice planes identified along a surface of the rendered 3D ultrasound image volume, wherein the slice planes correspond to the location of the 2D ultrasound images slices within the 3D ultrasound image volume. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An ultrasound system comprising:
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an ultrasound probe configured to acquire a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound dataset; a signal processor having a surface colorizing module configured to colorize a rendered image of the 3D ultrasound dataset based on identified locations of an intersection of one or more surfaces with the 3D ultrasound dataset; and a display for displaying a rendered volume dataset with one or more colorized intersections. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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