Patent ID: 7840047

Claim:
A method for reproducibly generating views of tomographic image data, the method comprising: providing tomographic CT image data of an object area of an object, which include at least an X-ray attenuation value for each voxel of the object area, together with at least one of a three-dimensional modulation transfer function of the CT image data and a function from which the three-dimensional modulation transfer function is derivable, and of coordinate information from which coordinates of the voxels included in the CT image data are derivable in a fixed reference system of the object; generating at least one view of the object area by image filtering from the CT image data by using at least one of the functions, and the coordinate information; storing a filter algorithm used for the image filtering, and if appropriate further view parameters required for generating the view, in a view file assigned to the CT image data; and calling up the view file for the purpose of renewed generation of the view, and applying the filter algorithm, as well as, if appropriate, the further view parameters, to the CT image data.