title: Three-dimensional reconstructions of objects from serial sections using a microcomputer graphics system.
abstract: A computer graphics system for constructing 3-dimensional models of tissues from serial sections has been designed around a Motorola 68000 CPU. The system consists of a Dual Systems 16-bit microcomputer running the UNIX operating system. A Scion Corporation MicroAngelo color graphics system drives the color monitor. Three-dimensional imaging is enhanced by hidden line removal and area filling by color. A computer-drawn model of a cherry angioma is compared with a previously constructed physical model of the same angioma to illustrate how the system operates.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D008838:Microcomputers; D008953:Models, Anatomic