Display of 3-D medical images

The problem of displaying 3-D medical images based on computerized tomography (and on other digital tomographic radiological modalities) has been discussed. The theory that has been developed for this purpose concerns itself with the segmentation of 3D scenes, representations of such segmented scenes, display of objects in the 3D scenes (including projection onto a screen, hidden surface removal and visible surface rendering), and computer implementation. The methods have been implemented in easy-to-use software packages which produce useful displays of 3-D medical objects with acceptable efficiency and at practically no cost