Three-Dimensional Computer Reconstruction from Surface Contours for Head CT Examinations
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
- Vol. 5 (1), 60-67
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-198102000-00012
Abstract
A 3-dimensional surface reconstruction algorithm based on contour information from anatomic sites as identified on computed tomography examinations of 3 patients with intracranial mass lesions is presented. This algorithm efficiently reconstructs the surfaces between the contours using a triangular tiling method. A 3-dimensional perspective view of the reconstructed surfaces is provided by a gray scale cathode-ray tube computer graphics system. Volume and surface area estimations are provided as a direct result of the surface reconstruction algorithm. Three cases are presented to illustrate the 3-dimensional surface reconstruction algorithm.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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