Volume Rendering to Save Lives
New software for imaging the heart, colon and other internal organs now runs on low cost PCs, allowing wider access to diagnostic imaging. Additional capabilities, including automatic flythrus, 3D stereo viewing and overlay of multiple datasets are designed to detect abnormal growths, locate coronary deposits and view complex CT, MRI and PET data for better understanding of the current state of patient status.
(PRWEB) July 25, 2004 -- Widespread availability of high performance CT
medical rendering has eluded medical staff, educators and students due to the
high cost of entry. Now, an Atlanta based firm called 3DH has released a
real-time volume rendering tool that runs on personal computers. The program,
called VoxelPro, has all the features of supercomputer versions, including
virtual colonoscopy, non-invasive vivisectioning, isodensity surfaces and over
one hundred other features required by the medical profession.
VoxelPro
features were directed by doctors and radiologists, and implemented by a
seasoned team of software developers. Leveraging the massive investments made by
hardware companies for realistic gaming, 3DH repurposed off-the-shelf hardware
to deliver real-time, low cost solutions for medical radiology, cardiology and
oncology.
Key features of VoxelPro include: multiple superimposed
datasets, complex transfer functions, 3D image processing for contrast
enhancement, measurement tools, slicing along multiple arbitrary planes, stereo
display, automatic navigation through the colon or arteries, support for time
based datasets, support of Dicom formats, saving of movie files and much
more.
3DH has set pricing of VoxelPro to make it accessible to clinics,
researchers and educators. See www.voxelpro.com for more information.
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