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US 2008/0278488 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus for volume rendering
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsStein Inge Rabben, Sevald Berg, Erik Normann Steen
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsStein Inge Rabben, Sevald Berg, Erik Normann Steen
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A method for performing a volume rendering of an image uses a computer having a processor, memory, and a display. The method includes globally segmenting image data that represents an image to thereby locate boundaries in the image, determining regional opacity functions using the image data in a vicinity of the boundaries, and volume rendering the image data utilizing the regional opacity functions to display an image. The method provides a presentation of improved images of structures. These improved images are obtained using a regional optimization of the opacity function such that the perceived object boundary coincides more closely with a segmented boundary.
A method for performing a volume rendering of an image utilizing a computer having a processor, memory, and a display, said method comprising:
An apparatus for providing volume rendering of an image, said apparatus comprising a computer having a processor, memory, a display, and modules including:
A machine readable medium or media having instructions recorded thereon that are configured to instruct a computer having a processor, a display, and memory to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.