Combined visualization of tumor and vessel geometry

Author

Steen, E.N. ; Olstad, B. ; Berg, S. ; Myklebust, G. ; Schipper, K.P.

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

Oct. 31 1994-Nov. 3 1994

Firstpage

1645

Abstract

In vivo studies of the liver function have been conducted. The data acquisitions have utilized the TomTec Echoscan system to obtain 3D tissue data in addition to ECG and respiration triggered 4D angio and tissue data. Several different algorithmic tools were developed for visualization of tumor and vessel geometry. A fuzzy region growing technique was developed to segment the liver into different anatomical parts. A filtering algorithm was developed to smooth out local intensity variations within the vessels. Different volume rendering techniques were evaluated for visualization

Keywords

biomedical ultrasonics; data visualisation; edge detection; image segmentation; liver; medical image processing; rendering (computer graphics); 3D tissue data; ECG; TomTec Echoscan system; anatomical parts; combined visualization; data acquisitions; filtering algorithm; fuzzy region growing technique; in vivo studies; liver function; liver segmentation; local intensity variations; respiration triggered 4D angio data; tissue data; tumor geometry; vessel geometry; volume rendering techniques; Biomedical acoustic imaging; Biomedical signal processing; Blood vessels; Image edge analysis; Image generation; Image region analysis; Liver; Tumors; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics Symposium, 1994. Proceedings., 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Cannes, France

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2012-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.1994.401905

Filename

401905