Patent ID: 8055044

Claim:
System for visualization of biological tissue, comprising: a data receiving and processing unit programmed to: receive a 3D CT image from a CT scanner which generates the 3D CT image of a selected region of a subject, receive a 3D angiography image from a 3D angiography scanner which generates the 3D angiography image of the selected region of the subject, register the 3D CT image to the 3D angiography image, segment the 3D angiography image to generate a 3D image of blood vessels and bone tissue, segment the registered 3D CT image to generate a 3D image of bone tissue, subtractively combine the 3D image of blood vessels and bone tissue and the 3D bone tissue image to generate a 3D blood vessel image; and a display unit connected with the data receiving and processing unit which displays at least selected portions of the 3D blood vessel image.