VirEn: A Virtual Endoscopy System

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• Publication Type: Technical Report
• Workgroup(s)/Project(s): not specified
• Date: March 1999
• Number: TR-186-2-99-06
• Keywords: Thinning, Navigation, Virtual Endoscopy, Volume Visualization

Abstract

Virtual endoscopy systems are promising tools for the simplification of daily clinical procedures. In this paper, a conceptual framework for a virtual endoscopy system (VirEn) is proposed, which is intended to be a highly interactive system. Research efforts have concentrated on the generation of an optimal path for the automated navigation of the data set. Extensions to existing thinning algorithms used to generate the optimal path are presented and discussed. First results produced with VirEn are shown.

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@techreport{Vilanova-1999-VirX,
  title =      "VirEn: A Virtual Endoscopy System",
  author =     "Anna Vilanova i Bartroli and Andreas K\"{o}nig and Eduard
               Gr\"{o}ller",
  year =       "1999",
  abstract =   "Virtual endoscopy systems are promising tools for the
               simplification of daily clinical procedures. In this paper,
               a conceptual framework for a virtual endoscopy system
               (VirEn) is proposed, which is intended to be a highly
               interactive system. Research efforts have concentrated on
               the generation of an optimal path for the automated
               navigation of the data set. Extensions to existing thinning
               algorithms used to generate the optimal path are presented
               and discussed. First results produced with VirEn are shown.",
  month =      mar,
  number =     "TR-186-2-99-06",
  address =    "Favoritenstrasse 9-11/E193-02, A-1040 Vienna, Austria",
  institution = "Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna
               University of Technology ",
  note =       "human contact: technical-report@cg.tuwien.ac.at",
  keywords =   "Thinning, Navigation, Virtual Endoscopy, Volume
               Visualization",
  URL =        "https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/1999/Vilanova-1999-VirX/",
}