| abstract |
In accordance with one or more embodiments herein, a system for determining and visualizing damage to an anatomical joint of a patient is provided. The system comprises a display, at least one manipulation tool, a storage media and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: i) receive a plurality of medical image stacks of at least a part of the anatomical joint from the storage media; ii) obtain a three-dimensional image representation of the at least part of the anatomical joint which is based on at least one of said medical image stacks, by generating said three-dimensional image representation in an image segmentation process based on said medical image stack, or receiving said three-dimensional image representation from the storage media; iii) determine damage to at least one of a plurality of anatomical structures in the anatomical joint by analyzing at least one of said plurality of medical image stacks; iv) mark, based on the determined damage, damage to the anatomical structures in the obtained three-dimensional image representation; v) obtain at least one 3D model for visualization based on the three-dimensional image representation, in which 3D model the marked damage is visualized; and vi) create a graphical user interface for visualization on the display. The graphical user interface may comprise: functionality to visualize and enable manipulation, using the at least one manipulation tool, of the at least one 3D model; functionality to enable removal of the visualization of at least one of the plurality of anatomical structures from the at least one 3D model; functionality to visualize and enable browsing of at least one of the plurality of medical image stacks; and functionality to, in the 3D model, visualize the position of the at least one medical image that is currently visualized. |