Patent ID: 8938113
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: A61B,G06K,G06N,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of modifying a three dimensional (3D) volume visualization image of an anatomical structure in real time to separate desired portions thereof comprising: providing a two dimensional (2D) image slice of a 3D volume visualization image of an anatomical structure; identifying portions of the anatomical structure of interest; providing a prototype image of desired portions of the anatomical structure; using an evolver to evolve parameters of an algorithm that employs a transfer function to map optical properties to intensity values coinciding with the portions of the anatomical structure of interest to generate an image that sufficiently matches the prototype image; if the parameters match the prototype image, applying the transfer function to additional 2D image slices of the 3D volume visualization image to generate a modified 3D volume visualization image of the anatomical structure.