Interactive Visualization of 3D Medical Data. Revision

Abstract

The increasing use of CT, MRI, and other multi-slice imaging modalities in medicine has inspired the development of new techniques for visualizing multi-dimensional data. This paper compares the three currently dominant techniques for displaying three-dimensional medical data: surface-based rendering, binary voxel rendering, and volume rendering. It also describes some of the display hardware being developed to help visualize these datasets: stereo viewers, varifocal mirrors, real-time image generation systems, and head-mounted displays. Particular emphasis is given to real-time volume rendering because current research suggests that it may become the method of choice for many clinical applications. Keywords: Visualization, Medical imaging, Voxel, Volume rendering; Image processing. (kt)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA214792

Entities

People

  • Henry Fuchs
  • Marc Levoy
  • Stephen M. Pizer

Organizations

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Visualization
  • Detectors
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Display Systems
  • Graphics
  • Health Services
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Image Processing
  • Medical Personnel
  • North Carolina
  • Radiation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Visualizations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Medical Imaging.
  • Robotics and Automation.