Virtual reality volumetric display techniques for three-dimensional medical ultrasound.
Ultrasound imaging offers a safe, inexpensive method for obtaining medical data. It is also desirable in that data can be acquired at real-time rates and the necessary hardware can be compact and portable. The work presented here documents our attempts at providing interactive 3-D visualization of ultrasound data. We have found two volume rendering visualization packages to be quite useful and have extended one to perform stereographic volume visualization. Using a relatively inexpensive pair of commercial stereo glasses, we believe we have found a combination of tools that offers a viable system for enhancing 3-D ultrasound visualization.
Littlefield
R J
RJ
Analytic Sciences and Engineering, Battelle Northwest Laboratories, Richland, WA 99352, USA. rj_littlefield@pnl.gov
Heiland
R W
RW
Macedonia
C R
CR
D003198:Computer Simulation; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000295:instrumentation; D014584:User-Computer Interface