Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
Volume 41, Issue 6, Pages 927-935Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2008.02.008
Keywords
Volume visualization; Perceptual color maps; Surgical planning; Radiological anatomy; Virtual reality
Funding
- National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine [N01-LM-3-3508]
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Advances in computed tomography imaging technology and inexpensive high performance computer graphics hardware are making high-resolution, full color (24-bit) Volume visualizations commonplace. However, many of the color Maps used in volume rendering provide questionable value in knowledge representation and are non-perceptual thus biasing data analysis or even obscuring information. These drawbacks, Coupled with our need for realistic anatomical volume rendering for teaching and surgical planning, has motivated us to explore the auto-generation of color maps that combine natural colorization with the perceptual discriminating capacity of grayscale. As evidenced by the examples shown that have been created by the algorithm described, the merging of perceptually accurate and realistically colorized virtual anatomy appears to insightfully interpret and impartially enhance Volume rendered patient data. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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