Physically realistic visualization of embedded volume structures for medical image data

Herke Jan Noordmans; H. T. M. van der Voort; G. J. M. Rutten; Max A. Viergever

doi:10.1117/12.349474

26 May 1999 Physically realistic visualization of embedded volume structures for medical image data

Herke Jan Noordmans, H. T. M. van der Voort, G. J. M. Rutten, Max A. Viergever

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Proceedings Volume 3658, Medical Imaging 1999: Image Display; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349474
Event: Medical Imaging '99, 1999, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

When a volume structure is embedded in another volume structure, it is difficult to see the inner structure without destroying the view on the outer structure. We present a solution by letting the volume structures scatter light with a different wavelengths. The outer volume structure only absorbs light scattered by the structure itself and does not absorb the light scattered by the inner structure, by which the inner structure is visible without destroying the view on the outer structure. Examples are shown of vascular imaging, functional MRI, and CT imaging.

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Herke Jan Noordmans, H. T. M. van der Voort, G. J. M. Rutten, and Max A. Viergever "Physically realistic visualization of embedded volume structures for medical image data", Proc. SPIE 3658, Medical Imaging 1999: Image Display, (26 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.349474

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