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X-ray tool for 3D ultrasound

  • US 8,466,914 B2
  • Filed: 06/03/2008
  • Issued: 06/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for rendering an ultrasound volume, the method comprising:

  • generating an image of an ultrasound volume, the image showing an outer surface of the volume image as opaque;

    placing an internal image window at a position over the volume image, the internal image window being defined by a border and a transparency visualization parameter which causes the surface within the border to be displayed transparently so that an internal image of the internal structure of the volume is displayed in anatomical alignment with a fractional part of the volume over which the internal image window is placed; and

    moving the internal image window with a user control to a new position over the volume image, wherein the fractional part within the border at the new position is replaced with an internal image of the volume in anatomical alignment with the new position of the internal image window,wherein the outer surface of the volume image outside of the border is displayed as opaque at both positions.

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