Patent ID: 7113186
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A three-dimensional slab rendering system, comprising: an input storage unit receiving predetermined characteristics according to positions of the respective parts of a human body having the predetermined characteristics expressed as functions of three-dimensional positions in the form of volume data, and storing the volume data for further processing; a slab control processor processing spatial distribution of the characteristics to image data on the basis of volume data stored in the input storage unit, displaying the image data, designating a predetermined volume of interest (VOI) displayed on the image data used as a reference image in the form of an arbitrary slab, extracting a three-dimensional image of a designated slab from the volume data, and processing the three-dimensional image, to display a slab rendering image; a display displaying the reference image and the slab rendering image; and an input unit letting a user designate the VOI from the reference image, a designated image on the basis of the reference image when the slab control command is designated to one selected from the group consisting of the Sagittal image, the Coronal image, and the Axial image being configured to be displayed by the display, the processor being configured to check whether a new rotation center is designated when the slab control command is designated as a request for Rotate on the display, the volume data forming the image displayed on the basis of the new rotation center when the new rotation center is designated being rotated to generate and to display an image, and the volume data forming the image displayed on the basis of the previously set rotation center when the new rotation center is not designated being rotated to generate and to display an image.