Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1997-02-21
1998-08-04
Jaworski, Francis
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128916, A61B 800
Patent
active
057878897
ABSTRACT:
A 3D image is generated in real-time on an ultrasound medical imaging system which performs acquisition, volume reconstruction, and image visualization tasks using multiple processors. The acquisition task includes deriving position and orientation indicators for each gathered image frame. Volume reconstruction includes defining a reference coordinate system within which each image frame in a sequence of image frames is registered. The reference coordinate system is the coordinate system for a 3D volume encompassing the image planes to be used in the 3D image. The first image frame is used to define the reference coordinate system. As each image plane is registered, a 2D projection of the incremental volume is displayed. A shear-warp factorization process is used to derive a 2D projection for a rotated volume. A viewing transformation matrix is factorized into a 3D shear which is parallel to slices of the reference volume. A 2D warp then is implemented to produce the projection of the rotated volume.
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Deforge Christian
Edwards Warren
Kim Yongmin
Jaworski Francis
Koda Steven P.
University of Washington
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