Model-Based Visualization for Intervention Planning

Computer support for intervention planning is a two-stage process: In a first stage, the relevant segmentation target structures are identified and delineated. In a second stage, image analysis results are employed for quantification and visualization in order to support a complex planning process. In the first stage, model-based segmentation techniques are often used to reduce the interaction effort and increase the reproducibility. There is a similar argument to employ model-based techniques for the visualization as well. With increasingly more visualization options, users have many parameters to adjust in order to generate expressive visualizations. This process is time-consuming and not reproducible. Although interactive 3d visualizations should be flexible and support individual planning tasks, appropriate selection of visualization techniques and presets for their parameters are strongly desirable. In this paper, we discuss examples for such a visualization support. We refer to ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: DAGSTUHL
• Authors: Bernhard Preim
• Keywords: DAGSTUHL 2010, Model-Based Segmentation, Model-based Segmentation Techniques, Model-based Visualizations, Software Engineering