Volume rendering of multimodal images: application to MRI and PET imaging of the human brain
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
- Vol. 10 (4) , 554-562
- https://doi.org/10.1109/42.108590
Abstract
A procedure for combining and visualizing complementary structural and functional information from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) is described. MR and PET images of the human brain were obtained and correlated to form three-dimensional volumes of image data. Volume rendering and solid-texturing concepts were combined to develop a new volume imaging technique for ;volume texture-mapping' brain glucose metabolism (from PET) onto brain anatomy (from MRI). The technique was used to produce sequences of three-dimensional views: these sequences were dynamically displayed in a ;cine-loop' to better visualize the three-dimensional relationship between brain structure and function. The techniques provide a means of presenting vast amounts of multidimensional data in a form that is easily understood, and the resulting images are essential to an understanding of the normal and pathologic states of the human brain.Keywords
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