Fast multi-resolution volume rendering method of large medical data sets.
- Author:
Bin LI
1
;
Lianfang TIAN
;
Ping CHEN
;
Lifei WANG
;
Zongyuan MAO
Author Information
1. College of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Algorithms;
Artifacts;
Data Compression;
methods;
Humans;
Imaging, Three-Dimensional;
methods
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2008;25(5):1178-1183
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
A Fast Multi-resolution Volume Rendering Method (FMVRM) based on wavelet and Shear-Warp is herein proposed. In this method, the medical volume data is compressed using wavelet transformation first. Then based on the set resolution, the medical volume data is decompressed guided by Opacity transfer function (OTF). Finally, the 3D medical image is reconstructed on the basis of Shear-Warp using Block-based run length encoded (BRLE) data structure, in which, the aliasing artifacts resulting from under-sampling in Shear-Warp is avoided by the pre-integrated volume rendering technology. Experiments demonstrate the good performance of the proposed method.
