1. For internal use only / Copyright © Siemens AG 2006. All rights reserved.Rainer Thieme – 3D Presentation States Brainstorming Session RSNA 2006 Work WG-02 / WG-15 / WG-22 took care of and WG-06 took it away and WG-11 took it over ? 3D Presentation States 3D Mask Subtraction Module Volume Region Module Punch Holes Planes Frame-based

2. November 2006 Rainer Thieme – 3D Presentation States Brainstorming Session RSNA 2006 3D Mask Subtraction Module 3D Mask Subtraction Sequence  Mask OperationDT: Volume Selection  Applicable VolumePair of Frame Numbers  Mask VolumePair of Frame Numbers  Mask Voxel ShiftTriple of Float Numbers  Mask Operation ExplanationFree Text  Mask Selection ModeDT: SYSTEM or USER  Recommended Viewing ModeDT: SUB or NAT DT: Defined Terms

3. November 2006 Rainer Thieme – 3D Presentation States Brainstorming Session RSNA 2006 Volume Region Module Volume Region Sequence  Region PurposeDT: DISPLAY SHUTTER or ROI  Region Display ModeDT: DISPLAY or HIDE  Region Definition MethodEnumerated Values  … DT: Defined TermsEV: Enumerated Value Punch Hole:EV: ELLIPSE or POLYGON Plane:Orientation, Position, inside or outside Frame:EV: ELLIPSE or POLYGON or BITMAP

4. November 2006 Rainer Thieme – 3D Presentation States Brainstorming Session RSNA 2006 Punch Hole Ellipse or Polygon Punch Hole Orientation defined by:  Direction Cosines  Origin

5. November 2006 Rainer Thieme – 3D Presentation States Brainstorming Session RSNA 2006 PLANE  Direction Cosines  Origin  Distance  Inside or Outside 4 to n Planes needed Plane Orientation and Location defined by: Origin Distance

6. November 2006 Rainer Thieme – 3D Presentation States Brainstorming Session RSNA 2006 FRAME-based Ellipse, Polygon or Bitmap Bitmap „location“ defined by:  Bitmap Rows  Bitmap Columns  Bitmap Origin Bitmap Data Type Enumerated Values: BITMAP ALL ONES ALL ZEROS

7. November 2006 Rainer Thieme – 3D Presentation States Brainstorming Session RSNA 2006 3D Presentation State – what we all dream of