Title :
Visualizing 4-D medical ultrasound data
Author :
Thune, Nils ; Olstad, Bjørn
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Sci. & Technol., Christian Michelsen Inst., Fantoft, Norway
Abstract :
Different standard rendering methods applied to 4-D medical ultrasound data are discussed. In particular, maximum value projection, sum of values projection, transparent gray level gradient shading, and surface shading have been tested. Due to the fact that ultrasound data suffer from a low signal to noise ratio, image processing and image analysis are used to enhance and classify the volumetric data set
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; computer graphics; computerised picture processing; medical computing; 4D data; image analysis; image processing; maximum value projection; medical ultrasound data; rendering methods; signal to noise ratio; sum of values projection; surface shading; transparent gray level gradient shading; volumetric data set; Biomedical imaging; Data visualization; Magnetic cores; Medical diagnostic imaging; Rendering (computer graphics); Sampling methods; Solid modeling; Spatial resolution; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization, 1991. Visualization '91, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2245-8
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1991.175802
