Method and apparatus for obtaining three dimensional tomographic images by interpolation of a plurality of projection slice data bind for obtaining projection data for a chosen slice
First Claim
1. A scan planning method for obtaining a tomographic image in a computed tomographic system, comprising:
- a first process for acquiring, along different directions, projection data of a plurality of parallel slices of an object to be examined and for reconstructing a tomographic image of each of said plurality of parallel slices;
a second process including interpolating the plurality of tomographic images obtained by the first process and for obtaining three-dimensional image data of a region defined between two outermost slices of said plurality of parallel slices;
a third process for forming and displaying a three-dimensional object image in accordance with said three-dimensional image data obtained by the second process and for changing the viewpoint of said three-dimensional object image in accordance with externally entered first coordinate information;
a fourth process for superposing a slice position image on said three-dimensional object image displayed in the third process, said slice position image representing a slice position, and for changing the position and orientation of said slice on a screen in accordance with externally entered second coordinate information; and
a fifth process for acquiring, along different directions, projection data of said slices corresponding to relative position information between said three-dimensional object image and said slice position image which are obtained in the third and fourth processes, and for reconstructing tomographic images of said respective slices.
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Abstract
According to a scan planning method for obtaining any tomographic image by a CT system, projection data of a plurality of parallel slices is acquired by a computed tomographic scanning device. The tomographic images are interpolated in accordance with the tomographic data of the slices which is obtained by the CT scanning device thereby providing the three-dimensional image data. A three-dimensional object image is then displayed on a display in accordance with the three-dimensional image data. A viewpoint for the object image changes, and an orientation angle of the object image changes in accordance with a manually input coordinate information. A slice position image representing the designated position and angle of the slice is displayed three-dimensionally in accordance with the coordinate information. The CT scanning device is controlled in accordance with the position and angle of the slice position image with respect to the object image.
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1. A scan planning method for obtaining a tomographic image in a computed tomographic system, comprising:
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a first process for acquiring, along different directions, projection data of a plurality of parallel slices of an object to be examined and for reconstructing a tomographic image of each of said plurality of parallel slices; a second process including interpolating the plurality of tomographic images obtained by the first process and for obtaining three-dimensional image data of a region defined between two outermost slices of said plurality of parallel slices; a third process for forming and displaying a three-dimensional object image in accordance with said three-dimensional image data obtained by the second process and for changing the viewpoint of said three-dimensional object image in accordance with externally entered first coordinate information; a fourth process for superposing a slice position image on said three-dimensional object image displayed in the third process, said slice position image representing a slice position, and for changing the position and orientation of said slice on a screen in accordance with externally entered second coordinate information; and a fifth process for acquiring, along different directions, projection data of said slices corresponding to relative position information between said three-dimensional object image and said slice position image which are obtained in the third and fourth processes, and for reconstructing tomographic images of said respective slices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A scan planning apparatus for obtaining a tomographic image in a computed tomographic system, comprising:
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a computed tomographic scanning system for acquiring, along different directions, projection data of predetermined slices of an object to be examined and for reconstructing tomographic images of said predetermined slices in accordance with said projection data; first operating means for controlling said computed tomographic scanning system to cause said scanning system to acquire said projection data of said predetermined slices of said object along said different directions and to reconstruct tomographic images of said plurality of predetermined slices; three-dimensional image forming means for interpolating said plurality of tomographic images by said first operating means, said plurality of tomographic images being obtained by said computed tomographic scanning system, and for forming three-dimensional image data of a region defined between two outermost slices of said plurality of predetermined slices; image forming means for forming and displaying a three-dimensional object image in accordance with said three-dimensional image data obtained by said three-dimensional image forming means; coordinate information input means for externally entering coordinate information; viewpoint adjusting means, operated in association with said image forming means, for changing the viewpoint direction of said three-dimensional object image on a display screen in accordance with the coordinate information entered by said coordinate information input means; slice setting means, operated in association with said viewpoint adjusting means, for forming and displaying a three-dimensional slice position image of a slice, the position and angle of which are variably adjusted in accordance with coordinate information, the three-dimensional slice position image being superposed on the image displayed by said image forming means in accordance with said coordinate information entered by said coordinate information input means, and for obtaining slice position information corresponding to the position and angle of said object image; and second operating means for controlling said scanning system to cause said scanning system to acquire projection data of the slice corresponding to said displayed slice position image in accordance with the slice position information set by said slice setting means, and for scanning the slice. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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