Tentative Results in Focus-Based Medical Volume Visualization

Timo Ropinski

Ulm University

Frank Steinicke

Hamburg University

Klaus Hinrichs

2005

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.

Bibtex

@inbook{ropinski2005tentative,
	title={Tentative Results in Focus-Based Medical Volume Visualization},
	author={Ropinski, Timo and Steinicke, Frank and Hinrichs, Klaus},
	editor={Butz, Andreas and Fisher, Brian D. and Kr{\"a}ger, Antonio and Olivier, Patrick},
	year={2005},
		pages={218--221}
}