METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL PROJECTION IMAGE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for determining optimal projection images of an object, particularly an asymmetrical object.SOLUTION: The method comprises the following steps: (a) generating a three-dimensional surface reconstruction of the object from two or more bi-dimensional images of the object which have been obtained from different perspectives; (b) receiving from a user indications for locating a section of interest on the 3D reconstruction; (c) determining a plane containing optimal view direction in terms of foreshortening for this section of interest, wherein the step (b) comprises receiving from the user the position of a point or area of interest in at least one of the bi-dimensional images, the method further comprising the steps of (d) determining, on the three-dimensional surface, a 3D equivalent point of the point or area of interest; (e) selecting among the optimal view directions as determined in step (c) those containing the 3D equivalent point as defined in step (d).