Patent ID: 8326007
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: A61B,G01S,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for combined 4D presentation of quantitative measurements and morphology of an object, using an apparatus comprising a computer or processor, memory, and a display, said method comprising: identifying a region of interest in volumetric image data; repeating the following steps a plurality of times: tracking a wall of the object in the region of interest of the image data to produce a displacement field; applying the displacement field to display data to deform the display data and create enhanced rendering data showing displacement of the wall within the display data; volume rendering the enhanced rendering data to produce an enhanced volume rendering; extracting at least one quantitative parameter from the displacement field; applying said at least one quantitative parameter to superimpose color coded data on the enhanced volume rendering; and displaying the enhanced volume rendering; wherein said repetition produces a 4D enhanced volume rendering.