Patent ID: 8594399

Claim:
A method for actuating an image output device for outputting of slice images, obtained from volume data, of a tissue region comprising at least one hollow organ section, comprising: providing, by an actuation module, the volume data and a profile line section through at least part of the hollow organ section; determining, by the actuation module, tangential slice planes at observation points along at least one profile line section through the hollow organ section, wherein the at least one profile line section is divided into relatively shorter profile line sections such that the relatively shorter profile line sections are each situated at least approximately in an auxiliary plane assigned to the respective at least one profile line section as per a quality criterion, and wherein first tangential slice planes are each assigned to possible observation points on the associated relatively shorter profile line sections based on the auxiliary planes; generating, by the actuating module, at least one first tangential slice image from the volume data for each respective observation point on the profile line section based on a first tangential slice plane determined for the respective observation point; generating, by the actuating module, control commands for the image output device for the output of the generated at least one first tangential slice image; and transmitting the control commands, by the actuating module, to the image output device.