Variance Comparison for Volumetric Industrial CT Data

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• Publication Type: Technical Report
• Workgroup(s)/Project(s):
  • Visualization Group
• Date: April 2008
• Number: TR-186-2-08-06
• Keywords: Volume Rendering, Uncertainty, Variance Comparison, Industrial CT

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel technique for the direct comparison of a surface model with the corresponding industrial CT volume. We do not require the generation of a mesh from the CT scan and instead perform comparison directly with the raw volume dataset. Our technique uses the information from the surface model to locate corresponding points in the CT dataset. We then compute various comparison metrics to perform distance analysis and normal analysis. The metrics are presented to the user both visually as well as quantitatively. The comparison techniques are divided into two groups namely geometry-driven comparison techniques and visual-driven comparison techniques. The geometry-driven techniques color code the datasets and render distance glyphs to provide an overview, while the visual-driven techniques can be used for a localized examination and for determining precise information about the deviation between the datasets.

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@techreport{TR-186-2-08-06,
  title =      "Variance Comparison for Volumetric Industrial CT Data",
  author =     "Muhammad Muddassir Malik and Christoph Heinzl and Eduard
               Gr\"{o}ller",
  year =       "2008",
  abstract =   "This paper proposes a novel technique for the direct
               comparison of a surface model with the corresponding
               industrial CT volume. We do not require the generation of a
               mesh from the CT scan and instead perform comparison
               directly with the raw volume dataset. Our technique uses the
               information from the surface model to locate corresponding
               points in the CT dataset. We then compute various comparison
               metrics to perform distance analysis and normal analysis.
               The metrics are presented to the user both visually as well
               as quantitatively. The comparison techniques are divided
               into two groups namely geometry-driven comparison techniques
               and visual-driven comparison techniques. The geometry-driven
               techniques color code the datasets and render distance
               glyphs to provide an overview, while the visual-driven
               techniques can be used for a localized examination and for
               determining precise information about the deviation between
               the datasets.",
  month =      apr,
  number =     "TR-186-2-08-06",
  address =    "Favoritenstrasse 9-11/E193-02, A-1040 Vienna, Austria",
  institution = "Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna
               University of Technology ",
  note =       "human contact: technical-report@cg.tuwien.ac.at",
  keywords =   "Volume Rendering, Uncertainty, Variance Comparison,
               Industrial CT",
  URL =        "https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2008/TR-186-2-08-06/",
}