Fused Visualization and Feature Highlighting to Assist Depth Recognition in Transparent Stereoscopic Visualization

Miwa Miyawaki, Daimon Aoi, Yuichi Sakano, Roberto Lopez-Gulliver, Kyoko Hasegawa, Liang Li, Hiroshi Ando, Satoshi Tanaka

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Abstract

In the medical field, computer graphics (CG) is used to visualize the internal structure of the human body, which is important in diagnosis and surgical planning. Transparent visualization, on the other hand, visualizes the whole image and the inside at the same time, enables intuitive structure grasping, and is useful for three-dimensional visualization in the medical field. However, in transparent stereoscopy, the problem that the depth is underestimated rather than the actual object has been confirmed from the previous research. Therefore, in this study, we extract the surface of the volume data as a surface, overlap it with the original semitransparent volume to give a role as a silhouette, and make it a new clue to solve the problems of transparent stereopsis. Then, an evaluation experiment was conducted on the depth grasp of the medical images to which the proposed method was applied. The result shows that the depth was overestimated over the correct value under a plurality of conditions, and by fusing the surfaces, the surface to be compared was perceived more deeply. Regarding the feature highlighting, under specific conditions, it was perceived farther in the back.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInnovation in Medicine and Healthcare Systems, and Multimedia - Proceedings of KES-InMed 2019 and KES-IIMSS 2019 Conferences
EditorsAlfred Zimmermann, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain, Yen-Wei Chen
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages197-204
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789811385650
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
EventKES International conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare, KES-InMed 2019 and Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services, KES-IIMSS 2019 - St. Julians, Malta
Duration: 2019 Jun 172019 Jun 19

Publication series

NameSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume145
ISSN (Print)2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)2190-3026

Conference

ConferenceKES International conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare, KES-InMed 2019 and Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services, KES-IIMSS 2019
Country/TerritoryMalta
CitySt. Julians
Period19/6/1719/6/19

Keywords

  • Automultiscopic 3D image
  • Depth perception
  • Implicit surface
  • Transparent visualization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Decision Sciences(all)
  • Computer Science(all)

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