Atilla Peter Kiraly,Christopher V. Alvino,Hong Shen
申请号：
US12150663
公开号：
US08423124B2
申请日:
2008.04.30
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A method and system for visualizing the spine in 3D medical images is disclosed. A spinal cord centerline is automatically determined in a 3D medical image volume, such as a CT volume. A reformatted image volume is then generated based on the spinal cord centerline. The reformatted image volume can be a straightened spine volume or a Multi-planar Reconstruction (MPR) based volume that follows the natural curve of the spine. The reconstructed volume can be displayed as 2D slices or 3D volume renderings.
