TRACHEA MARKING
First Claim
1. A method for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, the method comprising:
- importing, into an image processing computer, slice images of a chest of the patient from an imaging device;
generating, by a graphics processor included in the image processing computer, a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images;
displaying, by the image processing computer, the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI);
locating, by a user using the GUI, the main carina by viewing 2D images of the 3D model in an axial orientation;
marking the main carina in one of the 2D images of the 3D model;
adjusting a view plane of the 3D model around a rotation axis defined by the marked location of the main carina to adjust the view plane from an axial orientation to a coronal orientation while keeping the main carina in the view plane to thereby display the entire trachea on the GUI; and
marking an upper end of the trachea in one of the 2D images of the 3D model.
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, an exemplary method comprising importing slice images of a chest of the patient, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images, displaying the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI), locating the main carina by viewing 2D images of the 3D model in an axial orientation, marking the main carina in one of the 2D images of the 3D model, adjusting a view plane of the 3D model around a rotation axis defined by the marked location of the main carina to adjust the view plane from an axial orientation to a coronal orientation while keeping the main carina in the view plane to thereby display the entire trachea on the GUI, and marking an upper end of the trachea in one of the 2D images of the 3D model.
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1. A method for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, the method comprising:
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importing, into an image processing computer, slice images of a chest of the patient from an imaging device; generating, by a graphics processor included in the image processing computer, a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images; displaying, by the image processing computer, the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI); locating, by a user using the GUI, the main carina by viewing 2D images of the 3D model in an axial orientation; marking the main carina in one of the 2D images of the 3D model; adjusting a view plane of the 3D model around a rotation axis defined by the marked location of the main carina to adjust the view plane from an axial orientation to a coronal orientation while keeping the main carina in the view plane to thereby display the entire trachea on the GUI; and marking an upper end of the trachea in one of the 2D images of the 3D model.
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2. A method for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, the method comprising:
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importing, into an image processing computer, slice images of a chest of the patient from an imaging device; generating, by a graphics processor included in the image processing computer, a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images; displaying, by the image processing computer, the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI); marking, by a user using the GUI, the main carina in one of a plurality of 2D images of the 3D model; adjusting, by the user using the GUI, a view plane of the 3D model to display the entire trachea on the GUI; and marking, by a user using the GUI, an upper end of the trachea in one of the plurality of 2D images of the 3D model. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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