Clipping spline: interactive, dynamic 4D volume clipping and analysis based on thin plate spline.

ABSTRACT: Methods for seeing inside volumetric images are increasingly important with the rapid advancements in 3D and 4D (3D + time) biomedical imaging techniques. Here, we report a novel volume clipping method and its open-source implementation which enables unprecedented 4D visualization and analysis of embryonic mouse heart development with data from optical coherence tomography (OCT). Clipping a volume to extract information inside has long been a vital approach in biomedical image analysis; however, it is challenging to make a dynamic non-planar cutaway view that is simultaneously smooth, adjustable, efficient to compute, easy to control, and interactive in real time. We addressed this challenge by applying the thin plate spline (TPS) to create a new way of volume clipping, called the clipping

SUBMITTER: Faubert AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11828437 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature