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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4835712 | Methods and apparatus for imaging volume data with shading Method and apparatus for shading an image volume so that surfaces and boundaries may be rendered to subvoxel accuracy. A gradient vector is generated for each voxel of an image volume by calculating the change in opacity across that voxel in relation to i... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4835688 | Three-dimensional image processing apparatus A three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes a first three-dimensional memory for storing first voxel data representing a three-dimensional CT image, a level detector for comparing the first voxel data with CT values of an epidermis, a bone, an... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4821213 | System for the simultaneous display of two or more internal surfaces within a solid object A dual pipeline architecture for a system for preprocessing image data gathered from such systems as magnetic resonance imaging and computer axial tomography scanners. In one simultaneously operable dual pipeline, normal vectors are computed for each voxe... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4821210 | Fast display of three-dimensional images A system and method for scanning a plurality of volumetric cells containing three dimensional image information onto a two-dimensional viewplane comprising the steps of: organizing the cells to conjointly represent a volume by arranging them contiguous to... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4791567 | Three dimensional connectivity system employing an equivalence schema for determining connected substructures within a body An apparatus and method for determining connected substructures within a body is disclosed. The system and method are particularly advantageous for use in medical diagnostic imaging applications. In particular, three dimensional regions exhibiting the sam... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4766556 | Three-dimensional solid object manipulating apparatus and method therefor A three-dimensional solid object manipulating apparatus and means stores elemental data defining at least one elemental three-dimensional solid object and first memory means. Next, a three-dimensional solid shape corresponding to the elemental data is set... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4729098 | System and method employing nonlinear interpolation for the display of surface structures contained within the interior region of a solid body A method and apparatus for displaying three dimensional surface images includes the utilization of a case table for rapid retrieval of surface approximation information. Eight cubically adjacent data points associated with a given voxel element are compar... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4719585 | Dividing cubes system and method for the display of surface structures contained within the interior region of a solid body A system for displaying three dimensional surface structures employs the analysis of voxel elements defined by eight cubically adjacent grid locations which are associated with at least one physical property defined throughout a three dimensional body. Th... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4710876 | System and method for the display of surface structures contained within the interior region of a solid body A method and apparatus for displaying three dimensional surface images includes the utilization of a case table for rapid retrieval of surface approximation information. Eight cubically adjacent data points associated with a given voxel element are compar... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4694404 | High-speed image generation of complex solid objects using octree encoding To generate two-dimensional images of three-dimensional solid objects at high speed, an object is defined within a three-dimensional universe hierarchically subdivided into a plurality of discrete volumes of uniform size and similar orientation. The three... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4685070 | System and method for displaying, and interactively excavating and examining a three dimensional volume A computer system displays, in two dimensions, a representation of a three-dimensional volume. The three-dimensional volume representation is a tessellation of cells, represented as three-dimensional units. The three-dimensional volume is represented by a... | 08/04/1987 |
