Tentative results in focus-based medical volume visualization

  • Authors:
  • Timo Ropinski;Frank Steinicke;Klaus Hinrichs

  • Affiliations:
  • Institut für Informatik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany;Institut für Informatik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany;Institut für Informatik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany

  • Venue:
  • SG'05 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Smart Graphics
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

We describe our current work on volume visualization techniques developed with the aim to enhance interactive exploration of medical datasets. Volumetric lenses can be applied to a volume dataset to interactively focus regions of interest within these datasets. During rendering the parts of a volume dataset intersecting the lens, which is defined by a convex 3D shape, are rendered using a different visual appearance. The lenses proposed allow to apply non-photorealistic rendering techniques interactively to aid comprehension for medical diagnosis.