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Algorithm Selection Method for Efficient Maximum Intensity Projection Based on User Preference

사용자 선호에 기반한 효율적 최대 휘소 가시화 알고리즘의 선택 방법

  • Received : 2018.01.10
  • Accepted : 2018.01.22
  • Published : 2018.02.28

Abstract

Maximum intensity projection (MIP) is a common visualization technique in medical imaging system. A typical method to improve the performance of MIP is empty space leaping, which skips unnecessary area. This research proposes a new method to improve the existing empty space leaping. In order to skip more regions, we introduce a variety of acceleration strategies that use some tolerance given by the user to take part in image quality loss. Each proposed method shows various image quality and speed, and this study compares them to select the best one. Experimental results show that it is most efficient to add a constant tolerance function when the image quality required by the user is low. Conversely, when the user required image quality is high, a function with a low tolerance of volume center is most effective. Applying the proposed method to general MIP visualization can generate a relatively high quality image in a short time.

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