3D reconstruction and visualization from 2D CT images

Author

Huang, Yuxuan ; Qiu, Zhongpan ; Song, Zhijun

Author_Institution

Cognitive Sci. Dept., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China

Volume

2

fYear

2011

fDate

9-11 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

153

Lastpage

157

Abstract

This paper focus on the three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of several medical image datasets based on Visualization Toolkit (VTK). In this paper, two types of rendering method, surface rendering and volume rendering, are studied based on the visual process. The marching cubes algorithm was used for surface rendering, and Ray-casting algorithm was used for volume rendering. The function of initial roaming was implemented based on the information in the views. Finally, the initial CT image 3D reconstruction and visualization system was designed with C++ Builder developing environment.

Keywords

computerised tomography; image reconstruction; medical image processing; ray tracing; rendering (computer graphics); solid modelling; CT image 3D reconstruction system; CT image 3D visualization system; Visualization Toolkit; marching cubes algorithm; medical image datasets; ray-casting algorithm; surface rendering method; volume rendering method; Computed tomography; Data visualization; Image reconstruction; Image segmentation; Rendering (computer graphics); Surface reconstruction; Three dimensional displays; Ray-Casting; Roam; Surface Rendering; VTK; Volume Rendering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IT in Medicine and Education (ITME), 2011 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cuangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITiME.2011.6132078

Filename

6132078