Shell rendering: fast volume rendering and analysis of fuzzy surfaces

Jayaram K. Udupa; Dewey Odhner

doi:10.1117/12.59483

1 May 1992 Shell rendering: fast volume rendering and analysis of fuzzy surfaces

Jayaram K. Udupa, Dewey Odhner

Proceedings Volume 1653, Medical Imaging VI: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59483
Event: Medical Imaging VI, 1992, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

We present a new paradigm, called shell rendering, for volume visualization of surfaces. It significantly overcomes the two major impediments of current volume rendering methods -- high computational cost and storage requirements -- and makes interactive volume rendering feasible in a workstation environment via portable software. It imparts the notion of a structure -- a shell -- to what is usually treated as an amorphous semi-transparent volume and makes morphometrics of surfaces feasible in the volume rendering paradigm.

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Jayaram K. Udupa and Dewey Odhner "Shell rendering: fast volume rendering and analysis of fuzzy surfaces", Proc. SPIE 1653, Medical Imaging VI: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display, (1 May 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59483

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