Image and annotation display
First Claim
1. A system for displaying a multi-dimensional image and an annotation located therein, the system comprising:
- receiving means for receiving;
the multi-dimensional image, the annotation, and representation data associated with the annotation, the representation data being indicative of a preferred and predetermined representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein;
display means for displaying an initial cross-section of an image as an initial representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein;
input means for enabling a user to provide a visualization request identifying the annotation when the initial representation shows at least a first part of the annotation; and
the display means being arranged for, after receiving the visualization request identifying the annotation, identifying the representation data based upon its association with the identified annotation, displaying a preferred cross-section of an image as the preferred representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein in accordance with the representation data, the preferred representation showing at least a second part of the annotation, the second part being different from the first part, and the preferred cross-section being different from the initial cross-section, wherein the representation data comprises parameters of a plane equation, parameters of a projection matrix, and a parameter indicative of a particular one of lower-dimensional images.
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Abstract
A system (100) for displaying a multi-dimensional image and an annotation located therein, the system comprising receiving means (110) for receiving: the multi-dimensional image, the annotation, and representation data associated with the annotation, the representation data being indicative of a preferred representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein; display means (130) for displaying an initial representation (300) of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein; input means (120) for enabling a user to provide a visualization request when the initial representation shows at least a first part (310) of the annotation; and the display means (130) being arranged for, after receiving the visualization request, displaying the preferred representation (400) of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein in accordance with the representation data, the preferred representation showing at least a second part (410) of the annotation, the second part being different from the first part.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for displaying a multi-dimensional image and an annotation located therein, the system comprising:
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receiving means for receiving;
the multi-dimensional image, the annotation, and representation data associated with the annotation, the representation data being indicative of a preferred and predetermined representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein;display means for displaying an initial cross-section of an image as an initial representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein; input means for enabling a user to provide a visualization request identifying the annotation when the initial representation shows at least a first part of the annotation; and the display means being arranged for, after receiving the visualization request identifying the annotation, identifying the representation data based upon its association with the identified annotation, displaying a preferred cross-section of an image as the preferred representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein in accordance with the representation data, the preferred representation showing at least a second part of the annotation, the second part being different from the first part, and the preferred cross-section being different from the initial cross-section, wherein the representation data comprises parameters of a plane equation, parameters of a projection matrix, and a parameter indicative of a particular one of lower-dimensional images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 29, 30)
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14. A method of displaying a multi-dimensional image and an annotation located therein, the method comprising:
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receiving the multi-dimensional image, the annotation, and representation data associated with the annotation, the representation data being indicative of a preferred and predetermined representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein; displaying an initial representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein; enabling a user to provide a visualization request identifying the annotation when the initial representation shows at least a first part of the annotation; and after receiving the visualization request identifying the annotation, identifying the representation data based upon its association with the identified annotation, displaying a preferred cross-section of an image as the preferred representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein in accordance with the representation data, the preferred representation showing at least a second part of the annotation, the second part being different from the first part, wherein the representation data comprises parameters of a plane equation, parameters of a projection matrix, and a parameter indicative of a particular one of lower-dimensional images. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A system for displaying a multi-dimensional image and an annotation located therein, the system comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive the multi-dimensional image, the annotation, and representation data associated with the annotation, the representation data being indicative of a preferred and predetermined representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein; a display configured to display an initial cross-section of an image as an initial representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein; and an input through which a user provides a visualization request identifying the annotation when the initial representation shows at least a first part of the annotation; the display being configured to, after receiving the visualization request identifying the annotation, identify the representation data based upon its association with the identified annotation, display a preferred cross-section of an image as the preferred representation of the multi-dimensional image and the annotation located therein in accordance with the representation data, the preferred representation showing at least a second part of the annotation, the second part being different from the first part, and the preferred cross-section being different from the initial cross-section, wherein the representation data comprises parameters of a plane equation, parameters of a projection matrix, and a parameter indicative of a particular one of lower-dimensional images. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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