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Reconstruction and semi-transparent display method for observing inner structure of an object consisting of multiple surfaces

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A system of techniques is proposed for reconstructing the original object from multi-layered cross-section data including open contour lines and for displaying the inner structure as well as the outside using a stereoscopic semi-transparent image and cut-away views. The procedure is divided into three steps: 1) selection/construction of contour lines for each cross-section, 2) reconstruction of the object based on the contour line information including cutting away part of the reconstructed object with a convex polyhedron, and 3) display of the reconstructed image. Control parameters are provided to allow easy and reliable observation of multi-layererd structures.

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  1. Electric Machinery Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Saijo-cho, 724, Higashi-hiroshima, Japan

    Kazufumi Kaneda, Koichi Harada & Eihachiro Nakamae

  2. School of Medicine, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, 730, Hiroshima, Japan

    Mineo Yasuda & Akinao G. Sato

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Kaneda, K., Harada, K., Nakamae, E. et al. Reconstruction and semi-transparent display method for observing inner structure of an object consisting of multiple surfaces. The Visual Computer 3, 137–144 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01962894

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