Quantitative evaluation of observation methods in virtual endoscopy based on the rate of undisplayed region

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5031, Issue , 2003, Pages 69-79

  Hayashi, Yuichiro ^a   Mori, Kensaku ^a   Hasegawa, Jun Ichi ^b   Suenaga, Yasuhito ^a   Toriwaki, Jun Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fly through; Undisplayed region; Virtual colonoscopy; Virtual endoscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED FLYTHROUGH; VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0042828966     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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