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Two complementary methodologies for volume visualization, surface rendering and volume rendering, can be employed constructively together. In many situations, as in 3D medical imaging, the voxel-based sampled image need to be visualized together with synthetic surface-based objects such as surgical cuts, prosthesis, scalpels, and radiation beams. Four approaches for intermixing geometric models with sampled 3D medical data are presented. Details are provided on a hybrid approach that employs a Z-merging algorithm.
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Kaufman, A., Yagel, R., Cohen, D. (1990). Intermixing Surface and Volume Rendering. In: Höhne, K.H., Fuchs, H., Pizer, S.M. (eds) 3D Imaging in Medicine. NATO ASI Series, vol 60. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84211-5_13
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