Patent ID: 8384771

Claim:
A method of three-dimensional viewing of images by a user comprising: selecting a volume of interest from a collection of image slices; arranging said slices corresponding to said volume of interest; selecting an initial viewing angle of said slices; selecting a first viewpoint for a left eye; selecting a second viewpoint for a right eye, wherein said first viewpoint and said second viewpoint are different viewpoints; displaying, in a head display unit (HDU), a first image for said left eye based on said initial viewing angle, said first viewpoint for said left eye and said volume of interest; displaying, in said HDU, a second image for said right eye based on said initial viewing angle, said second viewpoint for said right eye, and said volume of interest and wherein said first image for said left eye and said second image for said right eye produce a three-dimensional image to said user; and selecting items of said image to be filtered, wherein said selecting items of said image to be filtered comprises: selecting items of said image to be subtracted from said image to produce a filtered image; displaying, in said HDU, a filtered image for said left eye based on said initial viewing angle, said view point for said left eye and said volume of interest; and displaying, in said HDU, a filtered image for said right eye based on said initial viewing angle, said view point for said right eye, and said volume of interest and wherein said filtered image for said left eye and said filtered image for said right eye produce a filtered three-dimensional image to said user.