Real-time volume rendering of medical 3D dynamic ultrasound

Journal of Southern Medical University ›› 2006, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (03): 275-278.

Real-time volume rendering of medical 3D dynamic ultrasound

HAO Li-wei,CHEN Wu-fan Institute of Information and Technology,School of Biomedical Engineering,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510515,China

南方医科大学生物医学工程学院医学信息研究所；南方医科大学生物医学工程学院医学信息研究所广东广州510515；广东广州510515；

Online:2006-03-20 Published:2006-03-20

Abstract

Abstract: Dynamic 3D ultrasound is a very promising technology for clinical use,but not being a Cartesian 3D dataset,3D ultrasound data can not be visualized directly with real-time volume rendering accelerated by 3D texture hardware.In this paper,fast volume rendering using 3D texture hardware acceleration is introduced and modern PC graphics card architecture analyzed.A modified method is proposed to obtain real-time volume rendering of dynamic 3D ultrasound data by programming vertex shader in GPU.Experimental results show that 3D ultrasound data can be rendered with real-time speed in normal PC platform.The method can be widely applied in future 3D dynamic ultrasound clinical research.

CLC Number:

TP391.41

HAO Li-wei,CHEN Wu-fan Institute of Information and Technology,School of Biomedical Engineering,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510515,China. Real-time volume rendering of medical 3D dynamic ultrasound[J]. Journal of Southern Medical University, 2006, 26(03): 275-278.

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