INTERACTIVE SCULPTING FOR VOLUMETRIC EXPLORATION AND FEATURE EXTRACTION

Title:

INTERACTIVE SCULPTING FOR VOLUMETRIC EXPLORATION AND FEATURE EXTRACTION

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2000043957

Kind Code:

A9

Abstract:

The present invention provides a system of extracting a visual feature from a dataset, comprising a storage means for storing said dataset; retrieval means for retrieving said dataset from said storage means; display means for displaying an image of said retrieval dataset; means for defining a block of voxels corresponding to a selected portion of said displayed dataset, said block containing said visual feature therein; means for removing from said block voxels not containing said visual feature, to generate a feature block; means for generating a mask from said feature block; and means for rendering said dataset using said mask. A method of extracting visual features is also provided.

Inventors:

GATTI CLAUDIO (CA)
CHANN ROBERT (CA)
ACCONAZZI VITTORIO (CA)

Application Number:

PCT/CA2000/000043

Publication Date:

July 12, 2001

Filing Date:

January 21, 2000

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Assignee:

CEDARA SOFTWARE CORP (CA)
GATTI CLAUDIO (CA)
CHANN ROBERT (CA)
ACCONAZZI VITTORIO (CA)

International Classes:

A61B5/055; A61B6/03; G01D7/00; A61B8/00; G01R33/32; G06T15/00; G06T15/08; G06T17/40; G06T19/20; (IPC1-7): G06T17/00; G06T17/40

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