Patent ID: 8457273
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G01T,G01V,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for generating an image of an object of interest, the method comprising: accessing a volumetric image of a space, the space including an object of interest and another object, the volumetric image comprising multiple voxels with at least one voxel representing the object of interest and at least one voxel representing the other object, wherein each voxel is associated with a numerical value; accessing a two-dimensional radiograph comprising data representing the object of interest and data representing the other object; identifying, in the volumetric image, a voxel representing the object of interest; generating a de-objectified volumetric image by disregarding the identified voxel; removing from the two-dimensional radiograph a two-dimensional representation of the other object that is derived from the de-objectified volumetric image to generate a two-dimensional image of the object of interest.