Patent ID: 6748347
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A method of simulating a 2-D projection of a 3-D data set having digital data which comprises:(a) acquiring the digital data; (b) applying a power function directly to the digital data to yield a second data set; (c) adding a constant amount to the second data set to yield a third data set, wherein the constant amount is related to a noise value; (d) summing the third data set into a two-dimensional array of sums; (e) determining a maximum value of the array of sums; (f) scaling the array of sums by the maximum value to yield a normalized array; (g) applying an inverse power function to the normalized array to yield a second two-dimensional array; and (h) displaying the second two-dimensional array on a display device having a range of values.