Title:
CT SYSTEM WITH SYNTHETIC VIEW GENERATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006116488
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A CT scanner system (10) provides projection-like images of a patient volume. After a CT scan is obtained and a three-dimensional model of the patient (P) is created, any synthetic view can be generated by choosing any array of projection lines, e.g. between a point and a surface (a flat plane, curved plane, spherical, etc.) or between two surfaces (parallel or not) and summing across the projection lines. The synthetic projections can mimic certain traditional views, such as a ceph scan, Water's view, Caldwell's projection, etc. or can provide a new view that is impossible or impractical with traditional x-ray equipment, such as a perfect parallel projection, or a projection that does not pass all the way through the patient.
Inventors:
SUKOVIC PREDRAG (US)
CLINTHORNE NEAL (US)
STAYMAN JOSEPH WEBSTER (US)
RAKIC MIODRAG (US)
CLINTHORNE NEAL (US)
STAYMAN JOSEPH WEBSTER (US)
RAKIC MIODRAG (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2006/015791
Publication Date:
December 21, 2006
Filing Date:
April 25, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
XORAN TECHNOLOGIES INC (US)
SUKOVIC PREDRAG (US)
CLINTHORNE NEAL (US)
STAYMAN JOSEPH WEBSTER (US)
RAKIC MIODRAG (US)
SUKOVIC PREDRAG (US)
CLINTHORNE NEAL (US)
STAYMAN JOSEPH WEBSTER (US)
RAKIC MIODRAG (US)
International Classes:
A61B6/00; A61B6/14
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1999059106A1 | 1999-11-18 |
Foreign References:
| US20040066877A1 | 2004-04-08 | |||
| US6493415B1 | 2002-12-10 | |||
| US20040197727A1 | 2004-10-07 |
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