Direct visualization of surfaces from computed tomography data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 914, Issue , 1988, Pages 828-841

  Levoy, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPACITY; VISUALIZATION;

ALIASING ARTIFACTS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; DIRECT VOLUME VISUALIZATION; GEOMETRIC PRIMITIVES; SURFACE CLASSIFICATION; SURFACE DETECTION; VISIBILITY CALCULATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955819277     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.968719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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