MULTIMODALITY VISUALIZATION OF MEDICAL VOLUME DATA

New developments in 3-D volume acquisitions are creating a rapidly inc reasing demand for integrating multimodality 3-D visualization. In ord er to accomplish routine clinical multimodality visualization, many is sues have to be dealt with, such as techniques for accurate spatial re gistration, integrated representation, suitable graphical user interfa ces, and obtaining adequate rendering speeds. The aim of this experien ce paper is 2-fold. First, it presents various results from our resear ch on multimodality visualization/registration. Second, this paper exp licitly addresses practical problems and findings related to software development and multimodality registration/visualization. We hope that this will give colleagues a better understanding in some of these iss ues based on our experience, including notably our mistakes. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.