title: [Color-coded three-dimensional reconstruction from spiral CT data sets: physical viewpoint for improvement of the method].
abstract: This paper demonstrates the possibility of improving the spatial depth impression of colour-coded three-dimensional reconstructions by modulation of colour saturation. Patients were observed with spiral computed tomography (slice thickness 10 mm, table feed 10 mm/s, reconstruction of overlapping axial images at 2 mm increment). Interesting anatomical and pathological objects (vessels, organs, tumours, metastases) were segmented, colour-coded, and reconstructed three-dimensionally. Spatial depth impression of the coloured objects could be improved by modulating not only the brightness, but also the colour saturation.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, München.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Wunderlich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirsten
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerhardt
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D003116:Color; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*