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We present empirical studies that consider the effects of stereopsis and simulated aerial perspective on depth perception in translucent volumes. We consider a purely absorptive lighting model, in which light is not scattered or reflected, but is simply absorbed as it passes through the volume. A purely absorptive lighting model is used, for example, when rendering digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs), which are synthetic X-ray images reconstructed from CT volumes. Surgeons make use of DRRs in planning and performing operations, so an improvement of depth perception in DRRs may help diagnosis and surgical planning.
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Gráficos por Computador , Percepção de Profundidade/fisiologia , Imageamento Tridimensional/métodos , Intensificação de Imagem Radiográfica/métodos , Interpretação de Imagem Radiográfica Assistida por Computador/métodos , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X/métodos , Interface Usuário-Computador , Algoritmos , Humanos , Fotometria/métodosRESUMO
Previous CT-based methods of measuring acetabular coverage of the femoral head have either been labor-intensive or have required extensive preprocessing of the data prior to visualization. We propose a method of measuring acetabular coverage using stereoscopic digitally reconstructed radiographs that required very little labor or image preprocessing time. Taking a craniocaudal view of the pelvis, we measured both preoperative and postoperative CTs of 10 patients treated with transtrochanteric periacetabular osteotomy. Measurements were then made in both monocular and stereoscopic rendering modes. Our method is fast, easy, and provides an intuitive means of visualizing an orthopedic parameter that is important in the progression of early hip arthritis.