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Three-dimensional surface reconstruction using optical flow for medical imaging.
IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 1997 Oct; 16(5):630-41.IT

Abstract

The recovery of a three-dimensional (3-D) model from a sequence of two-dimensional (2-D) images is very useful in medical image analysis. Image sequences obtained from the relative motion between the object and the camera or the scanner contain more 3-D information than a single image. Methods to visualize the computed tomograms can be divided into two approaches: the surface rendering approach and the volume rendering approach. In this paper, a new surface rendering method using optical flow is proposed. Optical flow is the apparent motion in the image plane produced by the projection of the real 3-D motion onto 2-D image. The 3-D motion of an object can be recovered from the optical-flow field using additional constraints. By extracting the surface information from 3-D motion, it is possible to get an accurate 3-D model of the object. Both synthetic and real image sequences have been used to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed method. The experimental results suggest that the proposed method is suitable for the reconstruction of 3-D models from ultrasound medical images as well as other computed tomograms.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Weng N
Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Yang YH
No affiliation info available
Pierson R
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AlgorithmsArtifactsBrainComputer SimulationFeasibility StudiesHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingModels, BiologicalMotionOptics and PhotonicsPhantoms, ImagingSoftware DesignTomography, X-Ray ComputedUltrasonographyUltrasonography, Prenatal

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

9368119

Citation

Weng, N, et al. "Three-dimensional Surface Reconstruction Using Optical Flow for Medical Imaging." IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging, vol. 16, no. 5, 1997, pp. 630-41.
Weng N, Yang YH, Pierson R. Three-dimensional surface reconstruction using optical flow for medical imaging. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 1997;16(5):630-41.
Weng, N., Yang, Y. H., & Pierson, R. (1997). Three-dimensional surface reconstruction using optical flow for medical imaging. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging, 16(5), 630-41.
Weng N, Yang YH, Pierson R. Three-dimensional Surface Reconstruction Using Optical Flow for Medical Imaging. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 1997;16(5):630-41. PubMed PMID: 9368119.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Three-dimensional surface reconstruction using optical flow for medical imaging. AU - Weng,N, AU - Yang,Y H, AU - Pierson,R, PY - 1997/11/22/pubmed PY - 1997/11/22/medline PY - 1997/11/22/entrez SP - 630 EP - 41 JF - IEEE transactions on medical imaging JO - IEEE Trans Med Imaging VL - 16 IS - 5 N2 - The recovery of a three-dimensional (3-D) model from a sequence of two-dimensional (2-D) images is very useful in medical image analysis. Image sequences obtained from the relative motion between the object and the camera or the scanner contain more 3-D information than a single image. Methods to visualize the computed tomograms can be divided into two approaches: the surface rendering approach and the volume rendering approach. In this paper, a new surface rendering method using optical flow is proposed. Optical flow is the apparent motion in the image plane produced by the projection of the real 3-D motion onto 2-D image. The 3-D motion of an object can be recovered from the optical-flow field using additional constraints. By extracting the surface information from 3-D motion, it is possible to get an accurate 3-D model of the object. Both synthetic and real image sequences have been used to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed method. The experimental results suggest that the proposed method is suitable for the reconstruction of 3-D models from ultrasound medical images as well as other computed tomograms. SN - 0278-0062 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/9368119/Three_dimensional_surface_reconstruction_using_optical_flow_for_medical_imaging_ L2 - https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/42.640754 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -