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Visualization of color anatomy and molecular fluorescence in whole-mouse cryo-imaging

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 35; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.compmedimag.2010.10.003

1879-0771

Madhusudhana Gargesha, Mohammed Qutaish, Debashish Roy, Grant J. Steyer, Michiko Watanabe, David L. Wilson,

3D Shape Modeling and Analysis

We developed multi-scale, live-time interactive visualization of color image data, including microscopic whole-mouse cryo-images serving many biomedical applications. Using true-color volume rendering, we interactively, selectively enhanced anatomy using feature detection. For example, to enhance red organs (vessels, liver, etc.) and internal surfaces, we computed a red feature from R/(R + G + B) and surface features from color/gray-scale gradients, respectively. For >70 GB cryo-image volumes, we developed multi-resolution visualization, which provided low-resolution rendering of an entire mouse and zooming to organs, tissues, and cells. Fusions of fluorescence and color cryo-volumes uniquely showed biodistribution of metastatic and stem cells within an anatomical context.