Patent ID: 8363048

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program stored thereon and representing a set of instructions that when executed by a computer causes the computer to: acquire a set of image data corresponding to a non-landscape object and comprising a plurality of pixels; generate a series of three-dimensional plot sheets having a plurality of vertices corresponding to the plurality of pixels of the set of image data; assign a dimensional display characteristic to each of the plurality of vertices; assign a non-dimensional display characteristic to each of the plurality of vertices; and display the series of three-dimensional plot sheets as a sequence of images, wherein the dimensional and non-dimensional display characteristics of the plurality of vertices are re-rendered between sheets of the series of three-dimensional plot sheets; wherein the dimensional display characteristic comprises a vertical height for each of the plurality of vertices and the non-dimensional display characteristic comprises a display color for each of the plurality of vertices; and wherein the vertical height and the display color are assigned based on different criteria, with the vertical height being assigned to each of the plurality of vertices based on pixel intensity and the display color being assigned to each of the plurality of vertices based on at least one of anatomical information and functional information.