International Workshop on Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality (MIAR '01)
Voxel Stuffing: High-Quality Volume Interpolation from Multiple Sequences of Cross-Sectional Images
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
June 10-June 12
ISBN: 0-7695-1113-9
Abstract: This paper proposes a new algorithm, called Voxel Stuffing, to reconstruct a single high-quality volume data from multiple sparsely-spaced sequences of cross-sectional images acquired by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Although fine and isotropic cross-sectional images can be obtained by using the most advanced MRI facilities, sparse sampling is commonly performed in the clinical examination. Intensive feasibility study was performed with three regular grid volume data sets, whose sources include an analytic function; a numerical simulation; and measurements. In either case, the Voxel Stuffing algorithm generates a higher-quality volume data from triple sequences of cross-sectional images in comparison with any volume data reconstructed linearly from a single sequence of cross-sectional images. The Voxel Stuffing algorithm is extended to reconstruct a rectilinearly structured volume data set from triple non-orthogonal sequences of cross-sectional images, which are taken commonly in the general MRI clinical examination. The effectiveness of the extended Voxel Stuffing algorithm was illustrated with an MRI data set for a human brain containing a tumor.
Index Terms:
Volume modeling, interpolation, volume data, MRI, cross-sectional images.
Citation:
Reiko Minamikawa-Tachino, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Yumi Yamaguchi, Issei Fujishiro, "Voxel Stuffing: High-Quality Volume Interpolation from Multiple Sequences of Cross-Sectional Images," miar, pp.0235, International Workshop on Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality (MIAR '01), 2001