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. 1991 Jul-Aug;15(4):247-56.
doi: 10.1016/0895-6111(91)90083-8.

Evaluation of methods for shaded surface display of CT volumes

M Magnusson  1 , R Lenz, P E Danielsson
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Evaluation of methods for shaded surface display of CT volumes

M Magnusson et al. Comput Med Imaging Graph. 1991 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

There are several ways to compute a shaded surface display of radiological 3D density volumes. In this paper we evaluate 12 methods which are different combinations of principles for detection of the surface to be displayed (gray-value threshold, gradient threshold, zero-crossing of 2nd derivative), localizing this surface in space (grid-point accuracy, subvoxel accuracy) and finally estimating the direction of the surface normal (from the gradient in the 2D depth image, from the gradient in the 3D-volume). The best quality is obtained by zero-crossing detection, subvoxel localization, and 3D-gradient orientation.

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