Patent Document ID: 9449381
Application ID: 14023380
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for analyzing medical images, the method comprising: receiving, using a hardware processor, image data that includes a first plurality of image planes of an elongated structure; receiving, in a display window that displays the image data, a location of interest within an image plane of the first plurality of image planes that is currently being presented; determining an orientation of the elongated structure that is represented by a longitudinal axis based on the location of interest; aligning the longitudinal axis of the elongated structure in the first plurality of image planes with a centerline of the display window; generating a second plurality of image planes from the received image data based on the aligned longitudinal axis of the elongated structure, wherein the location of interest automatically becomes the center of each of the second plurality of image planes; in response to receiving the location of interest, causing an image sequence to be displayed in the display window that illustrates the elongated structure being rotated from the orientation to a resulting orientation in which the longitudinal axis is aligned with the centerline of the display window; and causing the second plurality of image planes of the elongated structure to be displayed in the display window.