TY - JOUR
T1 - Virtual reality volumetric display techniques for three-dimensional medical ultrasound
AU - Littlefield, Richard J.
AU - Heiland, Randy W.
AU - Macedonia, Christian R.
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - Ultrasound imaging offers a safe, inexpensive method for obtaining medical data. It is also desirable in that data can be acquired at real-time rates and the necessary hardware can be compact and portable. The work presented here documents our attempts at providing interactive 3-D visualization of ultrasound data. We have found two volume rendering visualization packages to be quite useful and have extended one to perform stereographic volume visualization. Using a relatively inexpensive pair of commercial stereo glasses, we believe we have found a combination of tools that offers a viable system for enhancing 3-D ultrasound visualization.
AB - Ultrasound imaging offers a safe, inexpensive method for obtaining medical data. It is also desirable in that data can be acquired at real-time rates and the necessary hardware can be compact and portable. The work presented here documents our attempts at providing interactive 3-D visualization of ultrasound data. We have found two volume rendering visualization packages to be quite useful and have extended one to perform stereographic volume visualization. Using a relatively inexpensive pair of commercial stereo glasses, we believe we have found a combination of tools that offers a viable system for enhancing 3-D ultrasound visualization.
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-873-1-498
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-873-1-498
M3 - Article
C2 - 10163779
AN - SCOPUS:0030338958
SN - 0926-9630
VL - 29
SP - 498
EP - 510
JO - Studies in health technology and informatics
JF - Studies in health technology and informatics
ER -