Disclosed is a computer implemented method of interrogating volumetric
data, the method including the steps of: defining a reference surface
relative to the volumetric data; providing an interrogation window lying
in a movable interrogation plane intersecting the reference surface and
the interrogation window intersecting the volumetric data, said
interrogation plane having a pole lying in it about which pole said
interrogation plane is rotatable, wherein movement of the interrogation
plane provides a corresponding movement of the interrogation window; for
each movement of the interrogation plane, determining the point of
intersection of said pole and said reference surface, determining the
relative angle of rotation of said interrogation plane about said pole
and determining the angle of inclination of said pole to said reference
surface; and on the basis of said determinations, providing a sectional
image through the volumetric data corresponding to the position of the
interrogation window within the volumetric data. Also disclosed is a
computer system for implementing the method according to any one of the
preceding claims, the system includes a processor for performing the
steps of the method and a visual display for displaying said sectional
image.