A direct multi-volume rendering method aiming at comparisons of 3-D images and models

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-43

  Jacq, Jean José ^b   Roux, Christian J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

3 D image registration; Direct volume rendering; Fuzzy surface rendering; Medical imaging; Multi volume rendering; Multichannel rendering; Multimodal rendering; Scientific visualization; Volume graphics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING;

DIRECT MULTI VOLUME RENDERING METHOD; FUZZY SURFACE RENDERING; MULTI VOLUME RENDERING; MULTICHANNEL RENDERING; MULTIMODAL RENDERING; SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE REGISTRATION; VOLUME GRAPHICS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031081829     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4233.594025     Document Type: Article

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