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VoxeLine: a software program for 3D real-time visualization of biomedical images.

Abstract

The architecture and implementation of VoxeLine, a new interactive environment for display and analysis of 2D and 3D images in real-time, is discussed. This modular software project comprises two main parts: a user part (without programming expertise) and a programming part which permits its adaptation to specific problems. VoxeLine has the ability to deal with almost all sorts of data types encountered in the biomedical field (e.g. images, vectors). Another important feature is its ability to show datasets in all directions without duplicating data into the main memory. This feature allows VoxeLine to be used on machines with limited memory capacities and power. Real-time 3D manipulations (10 Hz for a 256 x 256 x 124 MRI dataset) are possible on a classic monoprocessor architecture such as a personal computer.

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B Diallo, F Dolidon, J M Travere, B Mazoyer. VoxeLine: a software program for 3D real-time visualization of biomedical images.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0895-6111(98)00040-8

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