| 摘要 |
<p>In one form, the present invention is a method for rapidly re-sampling a three-dimensional volume of data (52) to permit efficient interactive viewing and visualization of the data is provided in which a set of parallel line segments (56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68) defining a surface (50) having a constant slope in at least one direction (A) and intersecting the three-dimensional volume are selected and the data is processed at points (132, 140, 146, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 166) on the parallel line segments to generate a reformatted image of the data. A corresponding apparatus embodiment is provided. Processing of data can proceed quickly because it is not necessary to check the parallel line segments during processing of the points (158, 160, 162, 164, 166) on the segments to determine whether the points are within a given data volume. <IMAGE> <IMAGE></p> |
