Patent ID: 6429884
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G01N,G06T

Abstract:
A method for presenting and processing an image, representing a three-dimensional volume, on a display monitor comprising the steps of:displaying a three-dimensional image on a display monitor, said three-dimensional image having an image orientation on said display monitor; changing said image orientation of said three-dimensional image on said display monitor to display a two-dimensional presentation of said three-dimensional image; manipulating a marker on said display monitor to select a planar contour in said two-dimensional presentation; defining a volume region of said three-dimensional image outlined by said contour and with a selected direction through said three-dimensional image, said three-dimensional image then consisting of the defined volume and a remainder; removing one of said defined volume and said remainder, as a removed image portion, from said three-dimensional image; and re-displaying said three-dimensional image without said removed image portion.