Perspective volume rendering of cross-sectional images for simulated endoscopy and intraparenchymal viewing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2707, Issue , 1996, Pages 75-86

  Napel, Sandy ^a   Rubin, Geoffrey D ^a   Beaulieu, Christopher F ^a   Jeffrey Jr , R Brooke ^a   Argiro, Vincent ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Vitallmages Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CT image processing and display; Virtual endoscopy; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ENDOSCOPY; GRAFTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; VOLUME RENDERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGY; SCANNING; TISSUE;

CAMERA LOCATIONS; CLINICAL SCANNERS; CT IMAGE PROCESSING AND DISPLAY; DATA SETS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOLUMINAL; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IMAGE DATUMS; MEDICAL IMAGERIES; NEW TECHNIQUES; PRECISE POSITIONING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY; VOLUME DATUMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CROSS SECTIONAL IMAGES; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTRAPARANCHYMAL VIEWING; PERSPECTIVE VOLUME RENDERING; SIMULATED ENDOSCOPY;

EID: 0029724308     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.238498     Document Type: Conference Paper

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