Title :
Confocal volume rendering of the thorax
Author :
Summers, Ronald M. ; Mullick, Rakesh ; Finkelstein, Steven E. ; Schrump, David S.
Author_Institution :
Diagnostic Radiol. Dept., Nat. Inst. of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Abstract :
Confocal volume rendering is a recently described technique to perform segmentation-free rendering. It can be combined with other post-processing techniques to yield images with desirable features such as improved visualization of surface detail and reduced clipping of important anatomy. We show the first application (to our knowledge) of confocal volume rendering to imaging of the thorax. We demonstrate how confocal volume rendering can be used to reveal intrathoracic airways and lung masses
Keywords :
data visualisation; lung; medical image processing; rendering (computer graphics); 3D images; CT images; clipping; confocal volume rendering; image post-processing; image reconstruction; intrathoracic airways; lung masses; segmentation free rendering; surface detail; thorax imaging; three dimensional images; visualization; Anatomy; Computed tomography; Data visualization; Image reconstruction; Image segmentation; Isosurfaces; Lungs; Radiology; Rendering (computer graphics); Thorax;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Thessaloniki
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6725-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.2001.958486
