Title :
Interactive virtual angioscopy
Author :
Gobbetti, Enrico ; Pili, Piero ; Zorcolo, Antonio ; Tuveri, M.
Author_Institution :
Center for Adv. Studies, Cagliari, Italy
Abstract :
Virtual angioscopy is a non invasive medical procedure for exploring parts of the human vascular system. We have developed an interactive tool that takes as input, data acquired with standard medical imaging modalities and regards it as a virtual environment to be interactively inspected. The system supports real time navigation with stereoscopic direct volume rendering and dynamic endoscopic camera control, interactive tissue classification, and interactive point picking for morphological feature measurement. We provide an overview of the system, discuss the techniques used in our prototype, and present experimental results on human data sets.
Keywords :
angiocardiography; interactive systems; medical image processing; real-time systems; rendering (computer graphics); virtual reality; dynamic endoscopic camera control; human carotid artery; human data sets; human vascular system; interactive inspection; interactive point picking; interactive tissue classification; interactive tool; interactive virtual angioscopy; morphological feature measurement; non invasive medical procedure; real time navigation; standard medical imaging modalities; stereoscopic direct volume rendering; virtual environment; Biomedical imaging; Cameras; Control systems; Humans; Medical control systems; Navigation; Real time systems; Standards development; Virtual environment; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization '98. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9176-X
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1998.745337
