Preprocessing and volume rendering of 3D ultrasonic data

Author

Sakas, Georgios ; Schreyer, Lars-Arne ; Grimm, Marcus

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer-Inst. for Comput. Graphics, Darmstadt, Germany

Volume

15

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

54

Abstract

The “noisy and blurry” nature of biomedical ultrasonic data makes the rendering of 3D models difficult. The volume rendering system described in this article generates high-quality images in seconds on desktop systems. Our work aims to develop techniques for 3D reconstruction of parts during routine examinations. We intend to improve the quality of the reconstruction, reduce the required manual input, and increase the computational speed as well as availability for a wide range of standard platforms in order to provide a system that is usable under clinical conditions. This case study focuses particularly on off-line filtering and semiautomatic segmentation methods

Keywords

biomedical ultrasonics; data visualisation; filtering theory; image segmentation; medical image processing; rendering (computer graphics); 3D reconstruction quality; 3D ultrasonic data; availability; biomedical ultrasonic data; blurred images; clinical conditions; computational speed; data preprocessing; desktop systems; high-quality image generation; noisy images; off-line filtering; routine examinations; semiautomatic segmentation methods; volume rendering; Acoustic transducers; Computed tomography; Goniometers; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neoplasms; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Visualization; Volume measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.391490

Filename

391490