Interactive Importance-Driven Visualization Techniques for Medical Volume Data
Proceedings of the International Fall Workshop on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV), page 273--280 - 2005
In this paper we introduce volume visualization
techniques developed with the aim to enhance interactive
exploration of medical datasets. We present
volumetric lenses which 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 in
this paper allow to apply non-photorealistic rendering
techniques at interactive frame rates to aid comprehension
for medical diagnosis. After briefly explaining
how convex focus areas can be defined interactively
we will explain the proposed lenses and
their implementation in detail. Finally, we will give
some performance results and conclude the paper.
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BibTex references
@InProceedings{RSH05b, author = "Ropinski, Timo and Steinicke, Frank and Hinrichs, Klaus H.", title = "Interactive Importance-Driven Visualization Techniques for Medical Volume Data", booktitle = "Proceedings of the International Fall Workshop on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV)", pages = "273--280", year = "2005", url = "http://basilic.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/Publications/2005/RSH05b" }