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16th IEEE Visualization 2005 (VIS 2005)
Profile Flags: a Novel Metaphor for Probing of T2 Maps
Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 23-October 28
ISBN: 0-7803-9462-3
Matej Mlejnek, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Pierre Ermes, Philips Medical Systems, Best, Netherlands
Anna Vilanova, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
Rob van der Rijt, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands
Harrie vna den Bosch, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Netherlands
Frans Gerritsen, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Meister Eduard Groller, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
This paper describes a tool for the visualization of T2 maps of knee cartilage. Given the anatomical scan and the T2 map of the cartilage, we combine the information on the shape and the quality of the cartilage in a single image. The Profile Flag is an intuitive 3D glyph for probing and annotating of the underlying data. It comprises a bulletin board pin-like shape with a small flag on top of it. While moving the glyph along the reconstructed surface of an object, the curve data measured along the pin's needle and in its neighborhood are shown on the flag. The application area of the Profile Flag is manifold, enabling the visualization of profile data of dense but inhomogeneous objects. Furthermore, it extracts the essential part of the data without removing or even reducing the context information. By sticking Profile Flags into the investigated structure, one or more significant locations can be annotated by showing the local characteristics of the data at that locations. In this paper we are demonstrating the properties of the tool by visualizing T2 maps of knee cartilage.
Citation:
Matej Mlejnek, Pierre Ermes, Anna Vilanova, Rob van der Rijt, Harrie vna den Bosch, Frans Gerritsen, Meister Eduard Groller, "Profile Flags: a Novel Metaphor for Probing of T2 Maps," ieee_vis, pp.76, 16th IEEE Visualization 2005 (VIS 2005), 2005
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