Patent ID: 7978891
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a medical image, comprising the steps of: providing a computerized processor, having a pan/zoom display function, with an acquired data set of anatomical organ to be depicted by implementing said pan/zoom display function with a pan/zoom display attribute selected from the group consisting of a magnification factor and an image section of the anatomical organ; storing a predetermined user preference for implementing said pan/zoom display function in a memory accessible by said computerized processor; in said processor, accessing said memory to retrieve said predetermined user preference from said memory, and automatically determining said display attribute dependent on said organ and dependent on said user preference; and from said processor, causing said data set of said anatomical organ to be visually displayed by implementing said pan/zoom display function in a display presentation embodying said automatically determined display attribute.