Interactive Thickness Visualization of Articular Cartilage

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• Keywords: visualization in medicine, applications of visualization

@inproceedings\{Mlejnek-2004-ITVAC,
  title =      "Interactive Thickness Visualization of Articular Cartilage",
  author =     "Matej Mlejnek and Anna Vilanova and Meister Eduard
               Gr{\"o}ller",
  year =       "2004",
  abstract =   "This paper describes a method to visualize the thickness of
               curved thin objects. Given the MRI volume data of articular
               cartilage, medical doctors investigate pathological changes
               of the thickness. Since the tissue is very thin, it is
               impossible to reliably map the thickness information by
               direct volume rendering. Our idea is based on unfolding of
               such structures preserving their thickness. This allows to
               perform anisotropic geometrical operations (e.g., scaling
               the thickness). However, flattening of a curved structure
               implies a distortion of its surface. The distortion problem
               is alleviated through a focus-and-context minimization
               approach. Distortion is smallest close to a focal point
               which can be interactively selected by the user.",
  pages =      "521--527",
  month =      oct,
  booktitle =  "Proceedings of  Visualization 2004",
  keywords =   "visualization in medicine, applications of visualization",
  URL =        "http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2004/Mlejnek-2004-ITVAC/",
}