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Streamline Visualization of Diffusion Tensor Data Based on Triangle Strips

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Abstract

For the visualization of diffusion tensor imaging data, different approaches have been presented such as scalar metrics, glyphs or streamlines. Thereby, streamline techniques commonly referred to as fiber tracking provide a comprehensive and intuitive representation. For this reason, they are preferably applied for preoperative planning. The visualization of streamlines is solved by rendering lines or tubes to achieve even more significant results. However, the number of streamlines for a tracking of the whole brain or very dense tract systems may be immense, making a mesh-based tube visualization inefficient. To overcome this problem, we developed an alternative visualization technique for tubes by using textured triangle strips.

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  1. Computer Graphics Group, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

    Dorit Merhof, Markus Sonntag, Frank Enders, Peter Hastreiter & Günther Greiner

  2. Neurocenter, Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

    Dorit Merhof, Markus Sonntag, Frank Enders, Christopher Nimsky & Peter Hastreiter

  3. Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

    Christopher Nimsky

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  1. Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg

    Heinz Handels  & Jan Ehrhardt  & 

  2. Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie, Technische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaninger Straße 22, 81675, München

    Alexander Horsch

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  4. Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12000, Berlin

    Thomas Tolxdorff

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Merhof, D., Sonntag, M., Enders, F., Nimsky, C., Hastreiter, P., Greiner, G. (2006). Streamline Visualization of Diffusion Tensor Data Based on Triangle Strips. In: Handels, H., Ehrhardt, J., Horsch, A., Meinzer, HP., Tolxdorff, T. (eds) Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2006. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32137-3_55

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