Method and apparatus for processing and playback of images at a display monitor
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1. A method for presenting images at a display monitor comprising the steps of:
- obtaining digital image data of an examination volume of a subject with an image pick-up system;
simultaneously displaying at least two images, reproduced from said digital image data, of said examination volume at a display monitor, each of said images being presented in an image plane with the respective image planes of said at least two images being arbitrarily oriented relative to each other; and
in each of said at least two images, including a marker which indicates a position of the image plane in another of said at least two images with respect to the image plane of the image containing the marker.
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Abstract
In a method and apparatus for presentation of images reproducible at a display monitor, digital image data of an examination volume of a subject are registered with an image pickup system, such as a medical examination installation, and at least two images of the examination volume with arbitrary orientation of the image planes relative to one another are simultaneously displayed at the display monitor. At least one marker is contained in each image that indicates information about the position of the image plane of the other image with reference to the image wherein the marking is displayed.
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1. A method for presenting images at a display monitor comprising the steps of:
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obtaining digital image data of an examination volume of a subject with an image pick-up system;
simultaneously displaying at least two images, reproduced from said digital image data, of said examination volume at a display monitor, each of said images being presented in an image plane with the respective image planes of said at least two images being arbitrarily oriented relative to each other; and
in each of said at least two images, including a marker which indicates a position of the image plane in another of said at least two images with respect to the image plane of the image containing the marker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for presenting images comprising the steps of:
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an image pick-up system which obtains digital image data of an examination volume of a subject;
a display, monitor; and
an image processor for simultaneously displaying at least two images reproduced from said digital image data, of said examination volume at said display monitor, each of said images being presented in an image plane with the respective image planes of said at least two images being arbitrarily oriented relative to each other, and for, in each of said at least two images, including a marker which indicates a position of the image plane in another of said at least two images with respect to the image plane of the image containing the marker. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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