Design of an interactive 3D medical visualization system

Author

Liang, Ying-Zong ; Fang, Bin ; Wang, Yi ; Wu, Lei ; Chen, Peng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Chongqing Univ., Chongqing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

10-13 July 2011

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

64

Abstract

Recent advances in computer technologies in terms of both hardware and software have already made the development of an interactive 3D medical visualization system viable. Volume rendering as an important visualization technique can truly represent the information within the 3D datasets. However, it lacks of desirable interactivity. In order to deal with this problem, we introduce an interactive framework which is capable of the medical image visualization based on high-quality volume rendering. The framework implements various interactive functions with volume rendering techniques, such as displaying arbitrary cross sections and picking objects in 3D space. The system is evaluated by 4 continuous clinical patient data from Computed Tomography Angiograph (CTA) scans, and its performance is estimated by sophisticated surgeons.

Keywords

computerised tomography; data analysis; diagnostic radiography; image reconstruction; medical image processing; computed tomography angiograph scans; continuous clinical patient data; high-quality volume rendering; interactive 3D medical visualization system; interactive functions; medical image visualization; sophisticated surgeons; Data visualization; Liver; Medical diagnostic imaging; Rendering (computer graphics); Three dimensional displays; Wavelet analysis; 3D interactive techniques; 3D reconstruction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wavelet Analysis and Pattern Recognition (ICWAPR), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Guilin

ISSN

2158-5695

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0283-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICWAPR.2011.6014485

Filename

6014485