Uncertainty visualization in medical volume rendering using probabilistic animation

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1648-1655

  Lundström, Claes ^a,b   Ljung, Patric ^a,b   Persson, Anders ^b   Ynnerman, Anders ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Medical visualization; Probability; Transfer function; Uncertainty; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; MEDICAL VISUALIZATION; PROBABILISTIC ANIMATION; PROBABILISTIC TRANSFER FUNCTION MODEL; STENOSIS ASSESSMENT;

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOLOGY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

VOLUME RENDERING;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 35948979619     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2007.70518     Document Type: Article

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