Interactive acquisition, analysis, and visualization of sonographic volume data

✍ Scribed by Thomas R. Nelson; Dolores H. Pretorius

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 647 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0899-9457
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1098(1997)8:1<26::aid-ima4>3.0.co;2-v

✦ Synopsis

have been made to develop volume ultrasound imaging techactive system for acquiring, analyzing, and displaying volume sononiques combining scanning flexibility and rapid data acquisition graphic patient data. Methods for reprojection of two-dimensional [1-14]. Much of this effort has been directed toward integrating (2D) sonographic image data into a volume matrix are discussed. transducer position information with the gray-scale image to cre-We describe an intuitive, easy-to-use graphical user interface that ate a volume data set [15-17]. In addition, since the ultrasound facilitates physician operation of a system incorporating an interactive signal and signal-to-noise properties are different from CT and volume renderer for optimization of viewing orientation and data pre-MRI, standard volume data analysis and display techniques used sentation and incorporates stereoscopic viewing. Visualization methin CT and MRI cannot simply be applied to ultrasound. While ods are described that permit the operator interactively to extract there has been some commercial development of volume ultratissues or organs of interest from the rest of the volume scanned. Selected examples of clinical images are given to demonstrate system sound systems, their performance has been limited with regard capability. The system represents a cost-effective 3D ultrasound systo data visualization.

tem integrating clinical scanners and graphics workstations. ᭧ 1997 Current commercially available 3D ultrasound systems use