An Open Source Tool for Creating Model Files for Virtual Volume Rendering in PDF Documents

Brandner J, Newe A, Aichinger W, Becker L (2018)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2018

Publisher: Springer Vieweg

Edited Volumes: Informatik aktuell

Series: Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2018

City/Town: Berlin, Heidelberg

Pages Range: 133-138

ISBN: 978-3-662-56536-0

URI: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-662-56537-7_43

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-56537-7_43

Abstract

Volume rendering is an important technique for medical imaging where many modalities produce three-dimensional (3D) images. An appropriate three-dimensional rendering leads to a better perception of the image content. A major problem is exchangeability: Usually, only two-dimensional, static snapshots of a volume-rendered scene can be distributed electronically. The Portable Document Format (PDF) provides the possibility to embed 3D objects. With suitable reading software, these objects can be displayed interactively. This article presents an open-source implementation of a software tool that is based on the MeVisLab imaging framework and that can convert volume images into model files which can be embedded into PDF files to create a virtual volume rendering.

Authors with CRIS profile

Julian Brandner Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Informatik Axel Newe Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Informatik Linda Becker Lehrstuhl für Gesundheitspsychologie

Involved external institutions

Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Systeme und Bauelementetechnologie (IISB)

Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Brandner, J., Newe, A., Aichinger, W., & Becker, L. (2018). An Open Source Tool for Creating Model Files for Virtual Volume Rendering in PDF Documents. In Maier A., Deserno T., Handels H., Maier-Hein K., Palm C., Tolxdorff T. (Eds.), Informatik aktuell. (pp. 133-138). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Vieweg.

MLA:

Brandner, Julian, et al. "An Open Source Tool for Creating Model Files for Virtual Volume Rendering in PDF Documents." Informatik aktuell. Ed. Maier A., Deserno T., Handels H., Maier-Hein K., Palm C., Tolxdorff T., Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Vieweg, 2018. 133-138.

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