TRANSPARENCY CHANGE OF VIEW-OBSCURING OBJECTS

摘要

It is an object of the invention to provide a more convenient system 40 for visualizing a certain object from a range of viewing angles in a scene comprising a plurality of objects at multiple viewing angles with some of the objects being view-obscuring objects, capable of identifying the view-obscuring objects and adjusting their transparency for obtaining a better view of the certain object comprising the interesting anatomical features. To achieve this object, the invention provides a system comprising segmenting means 41 for segmenting a multidimensional image data set into the plurality of objects, first selecting means 42 for selecting the certain object from the plurality of objects, second selecting means 43 and 44 for selecting a viewing angle from the range of viewing angles, identifying means 45 for identifying a view-obscuring object that obscures the view of the certain object when the certain object is viewed from the viewing angle selected, and transparency adjustment means 45 for changing the transparency of the view-obscuring object identified.