4D Space-Time Techniques: A Medical Imaging Case Study

4D Space-Time Techniques: A Medical Imaging Case Study

Abstract

We present the problem of visualizing time-varying medical data. Two medical imaging modalities are compared - MRI and dynamic SPECT. For each modality, we examine several derived scalar and vector quantities such as the change in intensity over time, the spatial gradient, and the change of the gradient over time. We compare several methods for presenting the data, including isosurfaces, direct volume rendering, and vector visualization using glyphs. These techniques may provide more information and context than methods currently used in practice; thus it is easier to discover temporal changes and abnormalities in a data set.

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Authors
  • Tory, Melanie
  • Röber, Niklas
  • Möller, Torsten
  • Celler, Anna
  • Atkins, M. Stella
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Category
Paper in Conference Proceedings or in Workshop Proceedings (Full Paper in Proceedings)
Event Title
IEEE Visualization 2001
Divisions
Visualization and Data Analysis
Subjects
Computergraphik
Event Location
San Diego, California
Event Type
Conference
Event Dates
October 21 - October 26
Date
October 2001
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