SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZATION AND NAVIGATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGES

摘要

A 3D imaging system and method for visualization and navigation of complex 2D or 3D data models of internal organs, and other components. A user interface 90 displays medical images and enables user interaction with the medical images. The user interface 90 comprises an image area that is divided into a plurality of views for viewing corresponding 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional images of an anatomical region. The UI displays a plurality of tool control panes 95-101 that enable user interaction with the images displayed in the views. The tool control panes 95-101 can be simultaneously opened and accessible. The control panes comprise a segmentation pane 98 that enables automatic segmentation of components of a displayed image within a user-specified intensity range or based on a predetermined intensity range e.g.. air, tissue, muscle, bone, etc.. A components pane 99 provides a list of segmented components. The component pane 99 comprises a tool button for locking a segmented component, wherein locking prevents the segmented component from being included in another segmented component during a segmentation process. The components pane 99 comprises options for enabling a user to label a component, select a color in which the segmented component is displayed, select an opacity for a selected color of the segmented component, etc. An annotations pane 100 comprises a tool that enables acquisition and display of statistics of a segmented component, e.g., an average intensity, a mininum image intensity, a maximum intensity, standard deviation of intensity, volume, and any combination thereof.