Patent ID: 6370413
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A61B,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of managing data comprising steps of:acquiring a three-dimensional volume for a target structure; manipulating said three-dimensional volume to a specific viewing configuration using at least one user-selectable viewing parameter to derive a two-dimensional image of interest from said three-dimensional volume, said specific viewing configuration thereby corresponding to deriving of said two-dimensional image; saving said two-dimensional image of interest as an image file, including saving said viewing parameter that was used to derive said two-dimensional image, including forming links of said image file with said saved viewing parameter and with said three-dimensional volume; saving said three-dimensional volume in a storage medium; reviewing said two-dimensional image subsequent to said saving of said two-dimensional image and said three-dimensional volume, including displaying said link to said three-dimensional volume as an automated response to accessing said image file; and retrieving said saved three-dimensional volume in said viewing configuration from said storage medium and re-manipulating said three-dimensional volume into said specific viewing configuration as automated responses to accessing said links.