title: 3D thermal medical image visualization tool: Integration between MRI and thermographic images.
abstract: Three-dimensional medical image reconstruction using different images modalities require registration techniques that are, in general, based on the stacking of 2D MRI/CT images slices. In this way, the integration of two different imaging modalities: anatomical (MRI/CT) and physiological information (infrared image), to generate a 3D thermal model, is a new methodology still under development. This paper presents a 3D THERMO interface that provides flexibility for the 3D visualization: it incorporates the DICOM parameters; different color scale palettes at the final 3D model; 3D visualization at different planes of sections; and a filtering option that provides better image visualization. To summarize, the 3D thermographc medical image visualization provides a realistic and precise medical tool. The merging of two different imaging modalities allows better quality and more fidelity, especially for medical applications in which the temperature changes are clinically significant.
authors.forename: Mauren
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abreu de Souza
authors.forename: André Augusto
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Chagas Paz
authors.forename: Ionildo Jóse
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Sanches
authors.forename: Percy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nohama
authors.forename: Humberto Remigio
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gamba
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012984:Software; D013817:Thermography