Visualization and interaction techniques for the exploration of vascular structures
Proceedings of the conference on Visualization '01
Computed tomography angiography: a case study of peripheral vessel investigation
Proceedings of the conference on Visualization '01
CPR: curved planar reformation
Proceedings of the conference on Visualization '02
An Adaptive Minimal Path Generation Technique for Vessel Tracking in CTA/CE-MRA Volume Images
MICCAI '00 Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention
Distance Preserving Flattening of Surface Sections
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Visualization in Medicine: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications
Visualization in Medicine: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications
Curve-Skeleton Properties, Applications, and Algorithms
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Visual support for interactive post-interventional assessment of radiofrequency ablation therapy
EuroVis'10 Proceedings of the 12th Eurographics / IEEE - VGTC conference on Visualization
Vessel visualization using curvicircular feature aggregation
EuroVis '13 Proceedings of the 15th Eurographics Conference on Visualization
EuroVis '13 Proceedings of the 15th Eurographics Conference on Visualization
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Traditional volume visualization techniques may provide incomplete clinical information needed for applications in medical visualization. In the area of vascular visualization important features such as the lumen of a diseased vessel segment may not be visible. Curved Planar Reformation (CPR) has proven to be an acceptable practical solution. Existing CPR techniques, however, still have diagnostically relevant limitations. In this paper we introduce two advanced methods for efficient vessel visualization, based on the concept of CPR. Both methods benefit from relaxation of spatial coherence in favor of improved feature perception. We present a new technique to visualize the interior of a vessel in a single image. A vessel is re-sampled along a spiral around its central axis. The helical spiral depicts the vessel volume. Furthermore, a method to display an entire vascular tree without mutually occluding vessels is presented. Minimal rotations at the bifurcations avoid occlusions. For each viewing direction the entire vessel structure is visible.