Volume imaging system
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1. An imaging system comprising:
- an exam prescription subsystem which specifies the manner in which data is to be acquired; and
a visualization subsystem responsible for controlling display of acquired images and data, said visualization subsystem is configured to operate in a volume autoview mode so that during data acquisition, a real-time, incrementally updated, three-dimensional view of the data is displayed, wherein said volume autoview mode can be performed in a rock mode wherein a rotation angle is applied to a 3D model, said rotation angle varying back and forth cyclically as the 3D model is rendered from frame to frame.
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Abstract
A volume imaging system which progressively constructs, analyzes, and updates three dimensional models while acquiring cross-sectional data is described. The system constructs and displays three-dimensional renderings, and performs quantitative calculations in real time during the imaging system data collection process, displays interactive three-dimensional renderings in a traditional post-data collection process, as well as prescribes, archives, films, and transmits rendering procedures, parameters, renderings, measurements, and processed data, during data collection and post-acquisition.
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1. An imaging system comprising:
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an exam prescription subsystem which specifies the manner in which data is to be acquired; and a visualization subsystem responsible for controlling display of acquired images and data, said visualization subsystem is configured to operate in a volume autoview mode so that during data acquisition, a real-time, incrementally updated, three-dimensional view of the data is displayed, wherein said volume autoview mode can be performed in a rock mode wherein a rotation angle is applied to a 3D model, said rotation angle varying back and forth cyclically as the 3D model is rendered from frame to frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 17. A visualization subsystem for a medical imaging system, the medical imaging system including a data acquisition system for acquiring scan data, said visualization subsystem comprising a processor programmed to render an image from data received from at least one of the data acquisition system, a filtering component of said visualization subsystem, and a segmentation subsystem of said visualization subsystem, wherein said processor is further programmed to classify data into separate categories, and wherein said processor is further programmed to operate in a volume autoview mode so that during data acquisition, a real-time, incrementally updated, three-dimensional view of the data is displayed, and further wherein said volume autoview mode can be performed in a rock mode wherein a rotation angle is applied to a 3D model, said rotation angle varying back and forth cyclically as the 3D model is rendered from frame to frame.
- 26. A visualization subsystem in accordance with claim 26 wherein said volumetric model is incrementally rendered.
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30. A method for operating a medical imaging system to generate three dimensional models while the system acquires cross-sectional data, said method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a first slice of data; generating a three dimensional model based on the first slice of data, said generating including incrementally updating a three-dimensional view of the data; and applying a rotation angle to the model, the rotation angle rocking by varying back and forth cyclically as the model is rendered from frame to frame.
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- 31. A method in accordance with claim 31 wherein generating a three dimensional model comprises the step of filtering the data.
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