Method and system for presenting and using four dimensional data from a medical imaging system

摘要

A method of presenting higher dimensional data provided from a photon counting CT system includes receiving data from a photon counting CT system corresponding to materials exposed to N number of ranges of photon energy, where N is a number equal to or greater than four and generating N number of images, each image comprising pixel values corresponding to the materials exposed to the N number of ranges of photon energy. The method also includes presenting the pixel values in each of the N number of images within a two dimensional (2D) space by providing N number of axes, each axis linearly representing the pixel values in a corresponding image of the N number of images and representing each pixel value for pixels corresponding to a same location in each of the N number of images via a continuous line comprising a plurality of line segments.

主权项

1. A method of presenting higher dimensional data provided from a photon counting CT system, the method comprising:
receiving, via a processor, data from a photon counting CT system, the data corresponding to one or more materials exposed to N number of ranges of photon energy, where N is a number equal to or greater than four; generating, via the processor, N number of images, each image comprising pixel values corresponding to the one or more materials exposed to the N number of ranges of photon energy; and presenting one or more of the pixel values in each of the N number of images within a two dimensional (2D) space by:
providing N number of axes, each axis linearly representing the pixel values in a corresponding image of the N number of images; andrepresenting each pixel value for pixels corresponding to a same location in each of the N number of images via a continuous line comprising a plurality of line segments, the continuous line intersecting points along each of the N number of axes,wherein one or more of the line segments comprises an identifier indicating an uncertainty in the pixel values of one or both of the adjacent axes intersecting the one or more line segments.