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11 3D Medical Imaging

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Fig. 11.25 VisionRT 3D surface—intended for surface registration to pre-treatment CT scans for guidance of radiotherapy

11.7.4 Summary

In this section, we have looked at some of the clinical applications of 3D modeling from medical images. These are not exhaustive and not covered in detail. The aim is that the reader gets some understanding of how 3D imaging models can impact clinical practice.

11.8 Concluding Remarks

This chapter has introduced the field of 3D medical imaging. Although the methods and the physics of medical imaging are significantly different from that of computer vision-based reconstruction, there are definitely areas of overlap in terms of research. An example is the use of vision-based trackers, which are now very common in surgical guidance systems. The idea of live surface reconstruction during surgery is potentially very powerful, if a robust surface alignment method can be found. We hope that this chapter has provided some new insights into methods of 3D reconstruction, segmentation, analysis and clinical applications in 3D medical imaging.

11.9 Research Challenges

There are many research challenges facing all the areas of 3D medical imaging covered in this chapter. MICCAI,3 the premier medical image analysis conference, has grown significantly in the last decade, which indicates the rapid expansion of research in this field. In this section, we will briefly summarize a few of the research challenges in each area.

3The International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.