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The present invention, in one form, is an imaging system for accurately determining a length of an object of interest (OOI). Particularly and in one embodiment, the OOI has a curvature in a direction non-parallel to a projection plane. Initially, after utilizing MIP images to identify the OOI, bound

The present invention, in one form, is an imaging system for accurately determining a length of an object of interest (OOI). Particularly and in one embodiment, the OOI has a curvature in a direction non-parallel to a projection plane. Initially, after utilizing MIP images to identify the OOI, boundaries and a center of the OOI are determined for each image. Utilizing the determined boundaries and center, an OOI length is determined. Specifically, the OOI length is determined by determining a distance between each adjacent image and then summing the resulting values. The distance is then displayed on the MIP images by either distance indicators or numerical display.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method for determining a length of an object using tomographic images generated in an imaging system, said method comprising:identifying an object of interest, the object of interest having a curvature;determining boundaries of the object of interest;determining a thr

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method for determining a length of an object using tomographic images generated in an imaging system, said method comprising:identifying an object of interest, the object of interest having a curvature;determining boundaries of the object of interest;determining a three-dimensional length of the object of interest;overlaying a plurality of distance indicators representing predetermined distances along the length of the object of interest on an image of the object of interest; anddisplaying the image of the object of interest including the overlaid distance indicators, wherein a distance along a selected portion of the length of the object of interest is indicated by a count of the plurality of distance indicators along the selected portion.