Tentative Results in Focus-Based Medical Volume Visualization

We describe our current work on volume visualization techniques developed with the aim to enhance interactive exploration of medical datasets. Volumetric lenses can be applied to a volume dataset to interactively focus regions of interest within these datasets. During rendering the parts of a volume dataset intersecting the lens, which is defined by a convex 3D shape, are rendered using a different visual appearance. The lenses proposed allow to apply non-photorealistic rendering techniques interactively to aid comprehension for medical diagnosis.

@inproceedings{RSH05a,
  author       = {Ropinski, Timo and Steinicke, Frank and Hinrichs, Klaus},
  title        = {{Tentative Results in Focus-Based Medical Volume Visualization}},
  booktitle    = {Smart Graphics},
  pages        = {218--221},
  year         = {2005},
  note         = {poster presentation}
}