Image fusion for visualization of hepatic vasculature and tumors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2434, Issue , 1995, Pages 157-163

  Chou, Jin Shin ^a   Chen, Shiuh Yung ^a   Sudakoff, Gary S ^a   Hoffmann, Kenneth R ^a   Chen, Chin Tu ^a   Dachman, Abraham H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D data visualization; Image fusion; MIP; Surface rendering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA VISUALIZATION; IMAGE FUSION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); TUMORS; VISUALIZATION;

DEFORMABLE MODEL SEGMENTATION; INTERACTIVE PROGRAMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROJECTION ALGORITHMS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; SURFACE RENDERING; VASCULAR STRUCTURES;

RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS);

EID: 0006836225     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.208687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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