Patent ID: 8611989

Claim:
A method of generating an image of a segment of a lumen structure, comprising: acquiring volumetric image data that comprises image data representative of a longitudinal segment of the lumen structure; extracting the segment of lumen structure from the volumetric image data; obtaining a centerline of the segment of the lumen structure; obtaining a planar Multi-Planar Reconstruction (MPR) slab that extends longitudinally in a straight line; performing, by a processor or specialized hardware, an automatic fitting procedure that includes automatically varying a thickness of the planar MPR slab and an orientation of the planar MPR slab to obtain a fitted planar MPR slab that extends longitudinally in a straight line and that encompasses at least the centerline of the longitudinal segment of the lumen structure over a whole length of the segment of the lumen structure; and rendering an image from image data of the fitted planar MPR slab.