GPU-based interactive visualization framework for ultrasound datasets

Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-23

  Lim, Sukhyun ^b   Kwon, Koojoo ^b   Shin, Byeong Seok ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Filtering; GPU based volume rendering; Interactive medical visualization; Ultrasound rendering; Volume ray casting

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

FILTERING; GPU-BASED VOLUME RENDERING; INTERACTIVE MEDICAL VISUALIZATION; ULTRASOUND RENDERING; VOLUME RAY CASTING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 59749102751     PISSN: 15464261     EISSN: 1546427X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cav.279     Document Type: Article

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