Patent ID: 6334847
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: A61B,G01S,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
A three-dimensional imaging system for acquiring a succession of two-dimensional images of a target volume represented by an array of pixels I(x,y,z) into a three-dimensional image represented by a volumetric image array V(x,y,z) comprising:scanning means to scan said target volume along a predetermined geometric scanning path and generate a succession of digitized two-dimensional images thereof representing cross-sections of said target volume on a plurality of planes spaced along said scanning path; memory storing said succession of digitized two-dimensional images together with other related image data defining the location of said two-dimensional images in said memory and defining interpretation information relating to the relative position of pixels within said two-dimensional images and to the relative position of pixels in adjacent two-dimensional images within said target volume; transformation means receiving said digital two-dimensional images and said other related image data and transforming said two-dimensional images and said other related image data into a volumetric image array; display means to generate a three-dimensional image of said target volume from said volumetric image array; and an image processing means for processing said three-dimensional image of said target volume to render an enhanced three-dimensional image.