Three-dimensional display in nuclear medicine

Author

Wallis, Jerold W. ; Miller, Tom R. ; Lerner, Charles A. ; Kleerup, Eric C.

Author_Institution

Mallinckrodt Inst. of Radiol., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA

Volume

8

Issue

4

fYear

1989

fDate

12/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

297

Lastpage

230

Abstract

Several surface and volume rendering techniques are compared using nuclear medicine data including several new methods developed by the authors specifically for scintigraphic data. The techniques examined are summed projection, thresholded projection, threshold-based surface illumination, volumetric compositing, maximum-activity projection, sun-weighted maximum-activity projection, and variable attenuation. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are discussed in relation to the goals of three-dimensional display, which are defined herein. Selected images are shown to illustrate the usefulness of the methods

Keywords

radioisotope scanning and imaging; 3D display; medical diagnostic imaging; nuclear medicine; scintigraphic data; summed projection; surface rendering; threshold-based surface illumination; thresholded projection; volume rendering; volumetric compositing; Biomedical imaging; Humans; Image converters; Large-scale systems; Layout; Nuclear medicine; Radiology; Rendering (computer graphics); Three dimensional displays; Tomography;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0062

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/42.41482

Filename

41482