Real-time volume rendering of 4D image using 3D texture mapping

Jinwoo Hwang; June-Sic Kim; Jae Seok Kim; In Young Kim; Sun Il Kim

doi:10.1117/12.428099

28 May 2001 Real-time volume rendering of 4D image using 3D texture mapping

Jinwoo Hwang, June-Sic Kim, Jae Seok Kim, In Young Kim, Sun Il Kim

Proceedings Volume 4319, Medical Imaging 2001: Visualization, Display, and Image-Guided Procedures; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.428099
Event: Medical Imaging 2001, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Four dimensional image is 3D volume data that varies with time. It is used to express deforming or moving object in virtual surgery of 4D ultrasound. It is difficult to render 4D image by conventional ray-casting or shear-warp factorization methods because of their time-consuming rendering time or pre-processing stage whenever the volume data are changed. Even 3D texture mapping is used, repeated volume loading is also time-consuming in 4D image rendering. In this study, we propose a method to reduce data loading time using coherence between currently loaded volume and previously loaded volume in order to achieve real time rendering based on 3D texture mapping. Volume data are divided into small bricks and each brick being loaded is tested for similarity to one which was already loaded in memory. If the brick passed the test, it is defined as 3D texture by OpenGL functions. Later, the texture slices of the brick are mapped into polygons and blended by OpenGL blending functions. All bricks undergo this test. Continuously deforming fifty volumes are rendered in interactive time with SGI ONYX. Real-time volume rendering based on 3D texture mapping is currently available on PC.

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Jinwoo Hwang, June-Sic Kim, Jae Seok Kim, In Young Kim, and Sun Il Kim "Real-time volume rendering of 4D image using 3D texture mapping", Proc. SPIE 4319, Medical Imaging 2001: Visualization, Display, and Image-Guided Procedures, (28 May 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.428099

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