Patent Document ID: 5570404
Application ID: 08315524
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for automatically editing a plurality of computed tomograms to provide a three dimensional view of a selected object located within a patient's body, each of said computed tomograms comprising an array of pixels having various illuminating intensities which depict various objects scanned by a computed tomogram scanning system within a layer of a patient's body, said method comprising the steps of: providing at least one slab of computed tomographic image slices produced by said computed tomogram scanning system, said image slices including an undesirable object; computing a top maximum intensity projection of said slab; automatically removing said undesirable object from said top maximum intensity projection of said slab in order to define modifications to be applied to said image slices of said at least one slab; and applying said modifications to each computed tomographic image slice in said at least one slab in order to remove said undesirable object from said image slices.