Image processing system and method for interactive contour rendering of 3D medical data

摘要

By selecting a first subset of the data in the first image slice at the first axial position (z1), the anatomical structure of interest in the 3D source data is outlined. The first set of instructions identifies a first edge (E1) of an anatomical structure of interest in a first image slice. Then, a second subset of data in a second image slice at a second axial position (z2) is selected, and the second set of instructions comprises an anatomical structure of interest in the second image slice. Identify the second edge of the body (E2). A three-dimensional shell (3DS) is calculated based on the first and second edges (E1, E2) and the source data (SD). The three-dimensional shell (3DS) represents an approximation of the interface separating the anatomical structure of interest from the adjacent tissue in the 3D source data. [Selection] Figure 2