title: Advanced three-dimensional evaluation of acetabular trauma: volumetric image processing.
abstract: Volumetric image processing is a new approach to generating simulated three-dimensional images from transaxial CT data. The major advantages compared to conventional surface-rendering 3D technique include: preservation of every pixel of CT data for increased accuracy of rendered image; tissue layer translucency allowing appreciation of multiple tissue layers on each image; simulation of real-time rotation in varying axes for optimal appreciation of abnormalities; and a high-speed, high-capacity computer setup which generates high-quality images rapidly, giving the system sufficient flexibility for these complicated functions while remaining user friendly and fast.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205.
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Magid
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Drebin
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Brooker
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Riley
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D000328:Adult; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods