Patent ID: 8096948
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: A61B,G01S,G06T

Abstract:
1. Method for visualizing moments of an object, comprising: scanning an object by an image scanning apparatus to acquire at least two-dimensional cross-sectional images of said object at discrete acquisition times; digitalizing each of said cross-sectional images; recording each of said cross-sectional images and its corresponding position and acquisition time; transforming said cross-sectional images into a three-dimensional dataset; displaying said three-dimensional data set over time; partitioning the three-dimensional data set into a plurality of volume units, wherein each volume unit has a unit surface; calculating a change of volume of each volume unit over said acquisition times to obtain level information of each corresponding unit surface over time, wherein said level information corresponds to a time stamp derived from the function of the change of volume of each volume unit over time; and displaying said level information.