Patent ID: 11950947
Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 5:
6. A method comprising:
acquiring a three-dimensional image of internal structures of a patient volume;
acquiring a two-dimensional projection image of the internal structures of the patient volume;
determining a projection axis associated with the two-dimensional projection image;
generating a two-dimensional image from the three-dimensional image associated with the projection axis;
aligning the two-dimensional projection image with the two-dimensional image;
determining a plane of the three-dimensional image which is substantially orthogonal to the projection axis and includes a region of interest of the patient volume;
generating a combined image by combining the aligned two-dimensional projection image with the three-dimensional image to embed the aligned two-dimensional projection image in the plane of the three-dimensional image, which is substantially orthogonal to the projection axis and includes the region of interest of the patient volume, and inserting the two-dimensional image in the plane of the three-dimensional image, which is substantially orthogonal to the projection axis and includes the region of interest of the patient volume;
displaying the combined image;
receiving an instruction to change a first opacity of the two-dimensional projection image, a second opacity of the three-dimensional image, and a third opacity of the two-dimensional image in the combined image;
in response to the instruction, changing the first opacity of the two-dimensional projection image, the second opacity of the three-dimensional image, and the third opacity of the two-dimensional image in the combined image to generate a second combined image, wherein the changed first opacity is different from the changed second opacity and the changed third opacity is different from the changed first opacity and the changed second opacity; and
displaying the second combined image.