Title :
Research on Virtual Endoscopy System
Author :
Yang-jun Peng ; Wei-dong Zhao ; Xin-Ming Lu ; Jiao-ying Shi
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Shandong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Qingdao, China
Abstract :
Virtual endoscopy system are researched in this paper. We use boundary model and local feature structure to realize tissue segmentation. A new efficient algorithm is presented to solve path planning based on distance transform. As for real-time processing, a frame in virtual endoscopy is divided into near viewpoint part and far viewpoint part based on volume data characteristics in our method. In the aspect of scene rendering, a ray casting algorithm based on the boundary voxel is proposed. We can voyage in virtual endoscopy system in real time with high quality images to use these techniques.
Keywords :
endoscopes; image segmentation; medical image processing; rendering (computer graphics); boundary model; boundary voxel; distance transform; local feature structure; path planning; ray casting algorithm; scene rendering; tissue segmentation; virtual endoscopy system; Biomedical imaging; Casting; Endoscopes; Image segmentation; Layout; Path planning; Real time systems; Rendering (computer graphics); Surgery; Virtual reality; Virtual endoscope; path planning; ray casting;
Conference_Titel :
Image and Graphics, 2009. ICIG '09. Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an, Shanxi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5237-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICIG.2009.25