Interactive visualization of very large medical datasets using point-based rendering

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5029, Issue , 2003, Pages 27-36

  Nuber, Christof ^a   Bruckschen, Ralph W ^a   Hamann, Bernd ^a   Joy, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High resolution datasets; Interaction; Medical imaging; Point based rendering; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; VISUALIZATION;

HIGH RESOLUTION DATASETS; INTERACTIVE FRAME RATES; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION; POINT BASED RENDERING; VOLUME RENDERING; VOLUMETRIC MEDICAL DATASETS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0043127088     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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