Three-dimensional cursors for volume-rendering applications

Yuen-Wah Hui; Wai-Yin Ng

doi:10.1117/12.146955

30 June 1993 Three-dimensional cursors for volume-rendering applications

Yuen-Wah Hui, Wai-Yin Ng

Proceedings Volume 1897, Medical Imaging 1993: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.146955
Event: Medical Imaging 1993, 1993, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

An interface metaphor is proposed for developing a 3D cursor for volume rendering applications. The metaphor, Luminous Gel, is a material for moulding 3D cursor. We have successfully demonstrated that such a cursor's location and spatial relationships with volume- rendered 3D objects are readily perceivable. Editing tools made in Luminous Gel have also been developed, which are useful as effective positioning tools for functional operations and inspecting devices for features exploration and scene understanding by enabling immediate depth perception and object highlighting. The editing tools have also been further elaborated for performing planar and curved sectioning directly and naturally.

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Yuen-Wah Hui and Wai-Yin Ng "Three-dimensional cursors for volume-rendering applications", Proc. SPIE 1897, Medical Imaging 1993: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display, (30 June 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.146955

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