Interactive dynamic navigation for virtual endoscopy

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 303-331

  Ramaswamy, Krishnan ^a,b   Higgins, William E ^b  

^a Radionics Software Applications   (United States)

^b Depts of Electrical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

3D radiologic imaging; Endoscopy simulation; Interactive navigation; Pulmonary imaging; Virtual bronchoscopy; Virtual endoscopy; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0032774873     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(99)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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