Patent ID: 8744146
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for curved planar reformation of an image comprising: receiving a data volume including a medial axis tree of a vessel tree, wherein each medial axis of the medial axis tree bifurcates an area between adjacent branches of the vessel tree; determining a global rotation axis of the medial axis tree; casting a line segment from a vessel tree root of the medial axis tree into a predefined direction perpendicular to the global rotation axis; projecting the medial axis tree onto a reference plane along the line segment; re-sampling, from at least one medial axis point of a reference plane, the data volume using a vector perpendicular to a medial axis tangent of the reference plane, wherein the vector defines a sampling direction; and rendering an image of the vessel tree along the vector.