Patent Document ID: 7508392
Application ID: 11438030
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for displaying a volume image of an object region, comprising the steps of: providing at least one set of first 3D image data representing a larger object region of an object to a processor; acquiring at least one set of second 3D image data representing only a smaller object region of said object, said smaller object region being within said larger object region, by exposing said object to a data acquisition procedure in which only said second 3D image data are acquired, and providing said second 3D image data to said processor; in said processor, bringing said first 3D image data into registration with said second 3D image data; in said processor, generating a synthesized set of 3D image data from said first and second 3D image data in registration, by replacing a portion of said first 3D image data with said second 3D image data with identical scaling and alignment of said second 3D image data with a remainder of said first 3D image data; and visually displaying an image represented by said synthesized 3D image data.