Patent ID: 8712137

Claim:
A method for displaying a segmented two-dimensional (2D) image, the method comprising: obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) volume dataset from a computer memory, wherein the dataset corresponds to an imaged volume along a viewing plane; segmenting, using a computer processor, an object of interest within 3D volume to generate a plurality of segmented two-dimensional (2D) images along the viewing plane; selecting a reference image for viewing from the plurality of segmented 2D images; displaying the reference image, the reference image having a first segmentation boundary drawn around the object of interest and a second segmentation boundary drawn around the object of interest, the first segmentation boundary being derived from the segmentation performed on the reference image and the second segmentation boundary being derived from the segmentation performed on at least one non-reference image of the plurality of segmented 2D images, and wherein the second segmentation boundary comprises a composite segmentation boundary derived from a plurality of non-reference images generated along the viewing plane.