Patent ID: 9025858
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a 2-dimensional (2D) image, the method comprising: receiving 3-dimensional (3D) volume image data for showing a part of a patient's body in a 3D manner; generating at least one virtual plane crossing the 3D volume by searching for a plane in 3D space and selecting the at least one virtual plane from among a plurality of planes in the 3D space as most optimal; generating at least one 2D image representing a cross section of the part of the patient's body by applying the 3D volume image data to the at least one virtual plane; and outputing a 2D image having a feature most similar to a target feature from among the at least one 2D image, wherein the generating of the at least one virtual plane comprises repeating a number of times a process of generating candidate planes crossing the 3D volume, selecting some candidate planes from among the generated candidate planes, and generating new candidate planes in a range of the selected candidate planes.