Modeling Three-Dimensional Computer Reconstructions From Surface Contours For Diagnostic Imaging

Larry T. Cook; Prakairut N. Cook; Samuel J. Dwyer; Solomon Batnitzky; Kyo Rak Lee; Hilton I. Price

doi:10.1117/12.965959

17 March 1983 Modeling Three-Dimensional Computer Reconstructions From Surface Contours For Diagnostic Imaging

Larry T. Cook, Prakairut N. Cook, Samuel J. Dwyer, Solomon Batnitzky, Kyo Rak Lee, Hilton I. Price

Proceedings Volume 0359, Applications of Digital Image Processing IV; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965959
Event: 26th Annual Technical Symposium, 1982, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Digital medical imaging modalities construct and display images as cross-sections of anatomy. The technologies of these digital imaging systems are moving towards thinner cross-section thicknesses, higher spatial resolutions, and larger dynamic ranges. These imaging modalities provide cross-sectional displays in which there is no superimosing of organs. This provides relatively precise two-dimensional geometric information. In regarding the general three-dimensional (3-D) space relationships among a number of anatomic structures is difficult to acquire from a large number of thin serial sections. Clinicians are required to visualize such information by mentally stacking these serial sections to obtain the complete structure. A number of 3-D surface reconstruction algorithms have been developed for displaying 3-D anatomic structures on raster graphic displays. This paper will present a comparison among these reconstruction algorithms for: (1) computation time; (2) algorithm complexity; (3) computer storage requirements; and (4) clinical efficacy. The authors will report on a three-year study of the clinical utilization of 3-D display algorithms using raster graphic display systems.

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Larry T. Cook, Prakairut N. Cook, Samuel J. Dwyer, Solomon Batnitzky, Kyo Rak Lee, and Hilton I. Price "Modeling Three-Dimensional Computer Reconstructions From Surface Contours For Diagnostic Imaging", Proc. SPIE 0359, Applications of Digital Image Processing IV, (17 March 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965959

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Reconstruction algorithms

Image segmentation

3D modeling

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