Context Preserving Focal Probes for Exploration of Volumetric Medical Datasets

During real-time medical data exploration using volume rendering, it is often difficult to enhance a particular region of interest without losing context information. In this paper, we present a new illustrative technique for focusing on a user-driven region of interest while preserving context information. Our focal probes define a region of interest using a distance function which controls the opacity of the voxels within the probe, exploit silhouette enhancement and use non-photorealistic shading techniques to improve shape depiction.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: 3DPH
• Authors: Yanlin Luo, José Antonio Iglesias Guitián, Enrico Gobbetti, Fabio Marton
• Keywords: 3DPH 2009, Context Information, Exploit Silhouette Enhancement, Healthcare, Non-photorealistic Shading Techniques