Patent ID: 7739623
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for manipulating 3D data, comprising: rendering 3D volumetric data obtained from one or more medical devices in a rendering space on a display screen; facilitating a user to select a 2D graphical drawing tool via an interface displayed on the display screen; creating a 2D structure in the rendering space based on a drawing made by the user via interaction on the display screen using the selected 2D drawing tool; computing a 3D structure based on a projection of the 2D structure to the 3D volumetric data; manipulating the 3D volumetric data to produce updated 3D volumetric data based on the 3D structure that serves as a constraint of the manipulation; and displaying the updated 3D volumetric data on the display screen.