Patent ID: 9508188
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06T

Claim Text:
1. A system for visualizing a single view of a scene comprising a three-dimensional image of anatomy of interest and an object placed around a perimeter of the anatomy of interest at a first point of the anatomy of interest, the single view having a view parameter associated therewith, the anatomy of interest being a tubular structure, the object having an object parameter associated therewith, and the object being graphical alignment indicia that is not part of any anatomy, comprising view parameter establishing means for establishing a first view parameter value based on a first object parameter value, wherein the first object parameter value provides a first spatial position of the object in the three-dimensional image; view visualization means for constructing and visualizing the single view of the scene of the image in accordance with the first view parameter value by centering the single view of the scene on the first object parameter value, wherein the single view of the scene shows the tubular structure along a long axis of the tubular structure with the object around the first point, wherein the long axis is transverse to a diameter of the tubular structure; interaction means for enabling a user to indicate a second point in the single view by moving the object in the single view with a mouse from the first point in the single view to the second point in the single view; and object parameter updating means for updating the object parameter based on the second point to obtain a second object parameter value wherein the second object parameter value provides a second different spatial position for the object in the three-dimensional image; wherein the view parameter establishing means being arranged for updating the view parameter based on the second object parameter value to obtain a second view parameter value; and wherein the view visualization means being arranged for sequentially constructing and visualizing at least one intermediate view of the image in accordance with an intermediate view parameter value between the first view parameter value and the second view parameter value, and constructing and visualizing a second single view of the image in accordance with the second view parameter value by centering the single view on the second object parameter value and reorienting the second single view parallel to the tubular structure at that position.