A novel interface for interactive exploration of DTI fibers

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1433-1440

  Chen, Wei ^a   Ding, Zi'Ang ^a   Zhang, Song ^b   MacKay Brandt, Anna ^c   Correia, Stephen ^c   Qu, Huamin ^d   Crow, John Allen ^e   Tate, David F ^f   Yan, Zhicheng ^a   Peng, Qunsheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^e MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Fiber Clustering; Fibers; Visualization Interface

Indexed keywords

3-D RENDERING; 3-D SPACE; 3D CURVES; 3D VISUALIZATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FIBER SELECTION; FIBER TRACTS; INTERACTION METHODS; INTERACTIVE EXPLORATION; REAL TIME INTERACTIONS; VISUAL CLUTTER; VISUAL EXPLORATION; VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

FIBERS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEART; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NERVE FIBER; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART; HINDLIMB; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOFIBRILS; NERVE FIBERS; SWINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70350649171     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2009.112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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