Accurate measurements in volume data

Javier Olivan; Marco K. Bosma; Jaap Smit

doi:10.1117/12.428109

28 May 2001 Accurate measurements in volume data

Javier Olivan, Marco K. Bosma, Jaap Smit

Proceedings Volume 4319, Medical Imaging 2001: Visualization, Display, and Image-Guided Procedures; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.428109
Event: Medical Imaging 2001, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

An algorithm for very accurate visualization of an iso- surface in a 3D medical dataset has been developed in the past few years. This technique is extended in this paper to several kinds of measurements in which exact geometric information of a selected iso-surface is used to derive volume, length, curvature, connectivity and similar geometric information from an object of interest. The actual measurement tool described in this paper is fully interactive. The highly accurate iso-surface volume- rendering algorithm is used to describe the actual measurement that should be performed. For instance, objects for which volumes should be calculated, or paths from which the length should be calculated can be selected at sub-voxel resolution. Ratios of these quantities can be used to automatically detect anomalies in the human body with a high degree of confidence. The actual measurement tool uses a polygon-based algorithm that can distinguish object connectivity at sub-voxel resolution, in exactly the same manner as the iso-surface algorithm. Segmentation based on iso-surfaces geometrical topology can be done at this point. The combination of the iso-surface volume-rendering algorithm and the polygon-based algorithm makes it possible to achieve both visual interaction with the dataset and highly accurate measurements. We believe that the proposed method contributes to the integration of visual and geometric information and is helpful in clinical diagnosis.

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Javier Olivan, Marco K. Bosma, and Jaap Smit "Accurate measurements in volume data", Proc. SPIE 4319, Medical Imaging 2001: Visualization, Display, and Image-Guided Procedures, (28 May 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.428109

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