title: An alternative method of three-dimensional reconstruction from two-dimensional CT and MR data sets.
abstract: Cross-sectional images for medical diagnosis and therapy are obtained by sonography, CT or MRI. We propose an alternative solution to the problem of constructing a set of cross-sectional contours from two-dimensional (2D) CT or MR data sets. The method reduces the problem of constructing a shape over the cross-sections to one of constructing a sequence of partial shapes, each of them connecting two cross-sections lying on adjacent planes. The solution makes use of a spatial mathematical formalism (Delaunay triangulation). MR investigations were carried out on different objects (hips, livers) to illustrate the two-dimensional MR data sets by the reconstruction method. The resulting images represent the original image data in a way that is more suitable for observation of 3D relationships than the conventional cross-sectional viewing model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Heidelberg, F.R.G.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wrazidlo
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Brambs
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lederer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geiger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001027:Aortography; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed