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VirEn: A Virtual Endoscopy System

by A. Vilanova, A. König and E. Gröller.
Published in Machine GRAPHICS & VISION, 8(3):469-487, 1999.

This page assembles some results (figures) of work that is part of our research topic ``Visualization of Medical Data''. The figures are provided in JPEG and GIF format.

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Abstract of the Paper:

Virtual endoscopy systems are promising tools for the simplification of daily clinical procedures. In this paper, a conceptual framework for a virtual endoscopy system (VirEn) is proposed, which is intended to be a highly interactive system. Research efforts have concentrated on the generation of an optimal path for the automated navigation of the data set. Extensions to existing thinning algorithms used to generate the optimal path are presented and discussed. First results produced with VirEn are shown.

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Figures in the paper

	Figure 8a and Figure 8b and Figure 8c: Comparison between the different modifications applied to the thinning algorithm proposed by Ma and Sonka : a) left Original Ma and Sonka algorithm result. b) middle Not fully parallel algorithm result. c) right The same algorithm as b plus avoiding orientation dependencies.
	Figure 9a and Figure 9b: VirEn Prototype: a) left Application snapshot. b) right Enlargement of the overview. There can be seen the surface of the object, the skeleton and the camera. The camera is represented by its frustum, image plane and up vector.

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