Patent ID: 9697586
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06T

Claim:
1. A method for generating an enhanced image for display from medical imaging data of a subject, comprising: in a processor provided with medical imaging data, automatically determining a feature of interest in said medical imaging data that is elongated in at least one dimension; in said processor, automatically identifying a location of a line that proceeds through said feature of interest along said at least one dimension in which said feature of interest is elongated in said medical imaging data; and in said processor, generating a projection image from said medical image data as a non-cross-sectional view along said line from an end of said line by generating a series of sets of image data along said line as a plurality of sets of planes of image data that are respectively orthogonal to said line along said feature of interest, and using said series to generate said projection image, and making said projection image with said view available in electronic form at an output of said processor.