Virtual bronchoscopy based on spiral-CT images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3335, Issue , 1998, Pages 427-438

  Englmeier, K H ^a   Haubner, M ^a   Krapichler, C ^a   Schuhmann, D ^a   Seemann, M ^a   Furst H ^a   Reiser, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrid rendering; Image segmentation; Interaction; Virtual bronchoscopy; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DISPLAY DEVICES; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

VIRTUAL BRONCOSCOPY SYSTEMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032401391     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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