Stereoscopic Volume Rendering of Medical Imaging Data for the General Public

Understanding vascular pathoanatomy: Cinematic rendering of an abdominal aortic aneurysm treated with chimney endovascular aortic repair

“…As shown in the images above, it is much easier to understand the main pathology and the postoperative condition with meaningful and often self-explaining CR images. In interdisciplinary discussions, in the planning phase of a procedure, during the informed consent discussion with the patient, when teaching medical and healthcare students and when educating the general public, it can be helpful to use photorealistic CR images to facilitate understanding of such complex pathologies and post-therapeutic conditions [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

“…In the demonstration of vascular pathologies, it can be challenging for non-radiologists to understand complex problems and posttherapeutic conditions based on cross-sectional images alone. In this field, CR has emerged as a useful technology to facilitate the understanding of complex anatomical and pathoanatomical particularities and to illustrate post-therapeutic conditions [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. CR images are photorealistic 3D reconstructions of cross-sectional images.…”

“…To achieve this photorealistic effect, complex light and shadow models, taken from the production of animation trick films, are used. Meaningful CR images can be used to facilitate understanding in interdisciplinary conferences, for teaching and for the general public [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

Cinematic rendering in vascular imaging: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) treated with fenestrated endovascular aortic repair (FEVAR)

“…Especially in the demonstration of vascular pathologies, anatomical and pathoanatomical particularities can be challenging to understand for non-radiologists based on cross-sectional images alone and could be even more difficult for non-vascular experts, such as students or medical laypersons [6][7][8]. Thus, 3D reconstructions of cross-sectional images might be helpful in teaching and illustrating pathoanatomical relations and posttherapeutic particularities.…”

Cinematic and volume rendering of a scaphoid fracture

“…Possible applications in primary radiologic image diagnosis have to be evaluated in future studies. However, in a routine setting we use it already for demonstrating and teaching anatomy on the basis of CT and MR data sets (virtual anatomy) [6]. …”