A software tool for interactive generation, representation, and systematical storage of transfer functions for 3D medical images

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-280

  Alper Selver, M ^a   Fischer, Felix ^b   Kuntalp, Mehmet ^a   Hillen, Walter ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

DICOM; Histogram; Java; Transfer functions; Visualization

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (COMPUTER); JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MEDICAL IMAGING; STANDARDS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CONSUMING TASK; DICOM STANDARD; HISTOGRAM; MEDICAL EXPERTS; OPTICAL PARAMETERS; SOFTWARE MODULE; VISUALIZATION PROGRAM; VOLUMETRIC HISTOGRAM;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HISTOGRAM; INFORMATION STORAGE; MEDICAL EXPERT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34247522714     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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