A fast hierarchical algorithm of maximum intensity projection

Author

Kim, Keun Ho ; Kwon, Min Jeong ; Park, HyunWook

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

745

Abstract

The maximum intensity projection (MIP) is a useful tool to visualize 3D images. The processing time of the MIP depends on the number of voxels of the 3D data. Therefore, it is very difficult to realize the MIP of the 3D medical image in real time. In order to overcome the large amount of computation for the MIP, we have developed a hierarchical MIP method that can perform the first-step MIP with sub-sampled image. At the second step, the low-resolution MIP image can be used to save the computation time of the full-resolution MIP image. The hierarchical MIP method was implemented and its computational complexity was analyzed

Keywords

computational complexity; data visualisation; image resolution; image sampling; medical image processing; 3D data voxels; 3D image visualisation; 3D medical image; computation time savings; computational complexity; fast hierarchical algorithm; hierarchical MIP method; low-resolution MIP image; maximum intensity projection; processing time; sub-sampled image; volume visualization; Biomedical imaging; Bones; Computed tomography; Data visualization; Image resolution; Lattices; Pixel; Rendering (computer graphics); Shape; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Processing, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1522-4880

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6297-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIP.2000.901066

Filename

901066