摘要:
Contemporary medical imaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electron-beam computed tomography (EBCT), and multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) provide the clinician with a wealth of information. To be able to evaluate and diagnose the (projection and volumetric) data from modern non-invasive and invasive imaging modalities, new visualization techniques are increasingly used. These techniques have been described frequently both for coronary artery imaging ( Nakanishi et al. 1997 ; Chen and Carroll 1998 ; van Ooijen et al. 1997 , 2003a , b ; Lawler et al 2005 ), as well as for other applications in medicine ( Rankin 1999 ; Kirchgeorg and Prokop 1998 ; Calhoun et al. 1999 ; Dalrymple et al. 2005 ; Fishman et al. 2006 ).
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