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Virtual Colon Flattening

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Data Visualization 2001

Part of the book series: Eurographics ((EUROGRAPH))

Abstract

We present a new method to visualize virtual endoscopic views. We propose to flatten the organ by the direct projection of the surface onto a set of cylinders. Two sampling strategies are presented and the introduced distortions are studied. A non-photorealistic technique is presented to enhance the perception of the images. Finally, an approximate but real-time endoscopic fly-through is possible by using the data obtained by the projection technique.

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  1. Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

    A. Vilanova Bartrolí, A. König & E. Gröller

  2. Tiani Medgraph, University Hospital Graz, Austria

    R. Wegenkittl

  3. Section of Digital Information and Image Processing, Department of Radiology, University Hospital Graz, Austria

    E. Sorantin

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

    David S. Ebert

  2. Data Mining & Visualization, CSCS, Manno, Switzerland

    Jean M. Favre

  3. Institut für wissenschaftliches Rechnen, ETH-Zentrum, IFW, Zürich, Switzerland

    Ronald Peikert

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Vilanova Bartrolí, A., Wegenkittl, R., König, A., Gröller, E., Sorantin, E. (2001). Virtual Colon Flattening. In: Ebert, D.S., Favre, J.M., Peikert, R. (eds) Data Visualization 2001. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6215-6_14

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