System for two-dimensional and three-dimensional imaging of tubular structures in the human body
First Claim
1. A method for operating, in a dual display mode, a digital computer system of the type having a processor and a screen display, to provide diagnostic images of a tubular structure of a human body at a series of viewpoints along the structure, comprising:
- receiving a first image data set representative of a portion of the body including at least the tubular structure and generated by a medical imaging device with the tubular structure in a first position;
receiving a second image data set representative of a portion of the body including at least the tubular structure and generated by a medical imaging device with the tubular structure in a second position which is different than the first position;
generating from the first image data set, at each of the viewpoints, a first position image of the body including at least the tubular structure in the first position;
generating from the second image data set, at each of the viewpoints, a second position image of the body including at least the tubular structure in the second position; and
simultaneously displaying or the screen display in a dual view mode the corresponding;
a) first position images of the body, and b) second position images of the body, at the viewpoints.
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Abstract
This invention is a system, method, and article of manufacture for imaging tubular structures of the human body, such as the digestive tract of a living person, with a medical imaging device such as a computed tomography (CT) scanner and a computer work station. The system comprises receiving a first image data set representative of a portion of the colon in a prone position and a second image data set representative of a portion of the colon in a supine position, at a series of viewpoints. At each of the viewpoints, an image is generated of the colon in the prone and supine positions. The prone and supine images of the colon are simultaneously displayed on a screen display in a dual view mode.
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1. A method for operating, in a dual display mode, a digital computer system of the type having a processor and a screen display, to provide diagnostic images of a tubular structure of a human body at a series of viewpoints along the structure, comprising:
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receiving a first image data set representative of a portion of the body including at least the tubular structure and generated by a medical imaging device with the tubular structure in a first position; receiving a second image data set representative of a portion of the body including at least the tubular structure and generated by a medical imaging device with the tubular structure in a second position which is different than the first position; generating from the first image data set, at each of the viewpoints, a first position image of the body including at least the tubular structure in the first position; generating from the second image data set, at each of the viewpoints, a second position image of the body including at least the tubular structure in the second position; and simultaneously displaying or the screen display in a dual view mode the corresponding;
a) first position images of the body, and b) second position images of the body, at the viewpoints. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for operating a digital computer system of the type having a processor and a screen display to provide diagnostic images of a tubular structure of a human body at a series of desired viewpoints longitudinally disposed within the structure, comprising:
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receiving a first image data set representative of a portion of the body including at least the tubular structure and generated by a medical imaging device; receiving information representative of the desired viewpoints within the structure; generating from the first image data set, a three dimensional Virtual Pathology image simultaneously showing the tubular structure from plurality of points within the structure adjacent the viewpoints; and displaying on the screen display the three dimensional Virtual Pathology images of the body, at the viewpoints. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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