SIMULTANEOUS ULTRASONIC VIEWING OF 3D VOLUME FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS
First Claim
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system comprising:
- an ultrasound probe operable to scan a volumetric region of a body which produces echo signals from three dimensions of the region;
a signal processor, responsive to the echo signals from the volumetric region, which produces a 3D image data set of the region;
a volume renderer coupled to receive the 3D image data set and produce two 3D views, a first 3D view and a second 3D view, of the region as if the region were being simultaneously viewed from two different viewing directions;
a first user control which selects the two different viewing directions; and
a display, responsive to the volume renderer, which simultaneously displays the two 3D views,wherein the first and second 3D views are manipulable on the display such that moving an orientation of the first 3D view causes movement of an orientation of the second 3D view.
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Abstract
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system scans a volumetric region of a body. A clinician defines a three dimensional region of interest within the volumetric region. The three dimensional region of interest is viewed from two different viewing directions to give the clinician a sense of the structure, makeup, and orientation of the region of interest. The three dimensional region of interest can be viewed from viewing directions in 180° opposition to each other, orthogonal, or at an intermediate angle. Manipulation of one view of the three dimensional region of interest causes both views to change, as if the clinician were manipulating both views simultaneously in the same way.
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15 Claims
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1. An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system comprising:
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an ultrasound probe operable to scan a volumetric region of a body which produces echo signals from three dimensions of the region; a signal processor, responsive to the echo signals from the volumetric region, which produces a 3D image data set of the region; a volume renderer coupled to receive the 3D image data set and produce two 3D views, a first 3D view and a second 3D view, of the region as if the region were being simultaneously viewed from two different viewing directions; a first user control which selects the two different viewing directions; and a display, responsive to the volume renderer, which simultaneously displays the two 3D views, wherein the first and second 3D views are manipulable on the display such that moving an orientation of the first 3D view causes movement of an orientation of the second 3D view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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