Introduction
Abstract
The introductory chapter sets the stage for the whole book by characterizing medical visualization as a speciality of scientific visualization and by briefly discussing the origin and history of medical visualization. Selected examples of clinical applications in diagnosis, treatment planning, intraoperative support, and medical training are discussed. Medical image data, models of surgical instruments and implants, and data from biomedical simulations are described as input for medical visualization. The necessity to carefully combine different views, in particular 2D and 3D views, is discussed. Recent progress in medical image acquisition is considered as a major driving force for a number of recent developments. ...
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