MedVis: A Real-Time Immersive Visualization Environment for the Exploration of Medical Volumetric Data

IF 1.3 Q4 ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering-Imaging and Visualization Pub Date : 2008-07-09 DOI:10.1109/MEDIVIS.2008.10

Rui Shen, P. Boulanger, M. Noga

引用次数: 17

Abstract

This paper describes the Medical Visualizer, a real-time visualization system for analyzing medical volumetric data in various virtual environments, such as autostereoscopic displays, dual-projector screens and immersive environments such as the CAVE. Direct volume rendering is used for visualizing the details of medical volumetric data sets without intermediate geometric representations. By interactively manipulating the color and transparency functions through the friendly user interface, radiologists can either inspect the data set as a whole or focus on a specific region. In our system, 3D texture hardware is employed to accelerate the rendering process. The system is designed to be platform independent, as all virtual reality functions are separated from kernel functions. Due to its modular design, our system can be easily extended to other virtual environments, and new functions can be incorporated rapidly.

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MedVis:用于医学体积数据探索的实时沉浸式可视化环境

本文介绍了Medical Visualizer，这是一个实时可视化系统，用于分析各种虚拟环境中的医疗体积数据，如自动立体显示、双投影仪屏幕和沉浸式环境(如CAVE)。直接体绘制用于可视化医疗体数据集的细节，而不需要中间的几何表示。通过友好的用户界面交互操作颜色和透明度功能，放射科医生既可以检查整个数据集，也可以关注特定区域。在我们的系统中，使用了3D纹理硬件来加速渲染过程。该系统的设计是平台无关的，因为所有的虚拟现实功能都与内核功能分离。由于其模块化设计，我们的系统可以很容易地扩展到其他虚拟环境中，并且可以快速地加入新的功能。

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来源期刊

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering-Imaging and Visualization ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL-

CiteScore

2.80

自引率

6.20%

发文量

102

期刊介绍： Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization is an international journal whose main goals are to promote solutions of excellence for both imaging and visualization of biomedical data, and establish links among researchers, clinicians, the medical technology sector and end-users. The journal provides a comprehensive forum for discussion of the current state-of-the-art in the scientific fields related to imaging and visualization, including, but not limited to: Applications of Imaging and Visualization Computational Bio- imaging and Visualization Computer Aided Diagnosis, Surgery, Therapy and Treatment Data Processing and Analysis Devices for Imaging and Visualization Grid and High Performance Computing for Imaging and Visualization Human Perception in Imaging and Visualization Image Processing and Analysis Image-based Geometric Modelling Imaging and Visualization in Biomechanics Imaging and Visualization in Biomedical Engineering Medical Clinics Medical Imaging and Visualization Multi-modal Imaging and Visualization Multiscale Imaging and Visualization Scientific Visualization Software Development for Imaging and Visualization Telemedicine Systems and Applications Virtual Reality Visual Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.