Patent ID: 8290225
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of relating medical data image viewing planes to each other, wherein said method comprises: defining, by a computer processor, at least two non-orthogonal two-dimensional (2D) image viewing planes in at least one three-dimensional (3D) medical image data set, and linking, by the computer processor, said 2D image viewing planes to each other, such that when a first of said 2D image viewing planes is repositioned, each of said remaining 2D image viewing planes are automatically repositioned with reference to said repositioned first 2D image viewing plane, wherein said linking comprises a general transformation matrix, and wherein said transformation matrix defines a relation between the viewing planes in a non-geometrical manner that is specifically oriented to a structure and follows an arbitrary trajectory between the viewing planes, wherein the viewing planes are separated by a distance.