Visual Computing for Medicine, 2nd Edition

Chapter 11

Visualization of Vascular Structures

Abstract

For diagnosis as well as for many therapy planning tasks it is crucial to understand the branching pattern and morphology of tree-like anatomical structures, such as nerves, vascular, and bronchial trees. A slight difference in vascular topology may lead to a strong difference in the treatment strategy. For therapy planning, it is of paramount importance to recognize shape features and morphology of vascular structures as well as spatial relations between vascular and other relevant structures.

For a convenient interpretation, the curvature, the depth relations, and the diminution of the diameter toward the periphery should be depicted correctly. For diagnosis it is essential to reliably ...