Patent Document ID: 9105200
Application ID: 13633811
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of creating patient-specific 3D and/or 4D anatomy models based on x-ray images, comprising: (a) electronically acquiring 2 to 4 2D anatomy image data sets from 2 to 4 2D images of a single anatomical region corresponding to standard x-ray images that are obtained without a need for pre-processing or analysis of data corresponding to a captured 2D image; (b) electronically applying projection, composition and extraction data processing algorithms to provide volumetric and polygonal mesh data sets representing one or both 3D or 4D real time displays of one or both 3D and 4D volumetric representations as said anatomy models; and (c) electronically displaying said one or both 3D and 4D volumetric representations as medical imaging data as said anatomy models; wherein the 2D image datasets include projection radiographs of the imaged single anatomical structure, the 2D image sets obtained at different angles; and wherein the 2D image datasets minimize a selected energy function using image analysis including projection that converts the 2D image data sets into said one or both 3D or 4D real time displays of said one or both 3D or 4D volumetric representations as said medical image data.