Volume Graphics - Model VGSTUDIO - Simple Solution for the Visualization of CT Data

Visualization

• 3D visualization of even very large CT data sets — with almost no limit on data volume
• Real-time ray tracing for a photo-realistic look
• Combined visualization of voxel and mesh data, including textured meshes
• Arbitrary orientation of 2D slices
• 2D slice rotation view around a customizable axis
• Gray-value classification of a data set
• A wide variety of 3D clipping options
• Unrolling of objects or leveling of freeform surfaces in a 2D view
• Combination of consecutive slices into a single 2D view

Analyses

• Data quality analysis according to the ASTM E 1695 standard to monitor the CT scan quality over time

Bookmarks

• Save 3D and 2D views, clippings, selected coordinate systems, and rendering settings as bookmarks.
• Switch between bookmarks and between different views within your project easily with one click.
• Include views from bookmarks in reports.

Data Set Alignment

• Simple 3-2-1 registration
• Simple registration

Measurement Instruments

• Distance, polyline length, and angle measurement instruments.
• Snap mode to snap instruments to the surface for an easier use of measurement instruments.

Videos/Animations

• Create impressive animations of your volume data with just a few clicks.
• Automatically generate the camera trajectory between two or more key frames.
• Save your animation as a movie or create an image stack.

Display of Analysis Data & Reports

• Display all analysis data generated with VGSTUDIO MAX or VGMETROLOGY.
• Use the export and reporting features and save results in the VG Report Format (.vgrf) and as customizable test reports, e.g., in a .xlsx or .pdf file.

Data Import/Export

• Import data from most major industrial CT systems.
• Import standard image formats (such as .bmp, .jpg, .jp2, .raw, .tif) as well as DICOM and DICONDE data.
• Open metrology projects created with VGMETROLOGY or VGMETROLOGY ES (.mvgl files).
• Read and write .vgarchive files that combine all files, folders, and even source data.
• Reduce data set sizes when importing data on less powerful computers.
• Save memory by opening data sets with unloaded gray values.

CT Reconstruction Add-On Module *

• Supports cone beam, fan beam, parallel beam, planar, and helical (spiral) CT.
• Exports reconstructed volume data sets directly as VG projects.
• Uses one or multiple GPUs to speed up calculations by incorporating OpenCL.
• Reconstructs even very large data sets (limited only by the PC hardware used).
• Provides a real-time, single slice preview.
• Uses robust automatic scan geometry corrections.
• Reduces metal and ring artifacts.
• Allows an artifact-free ROI (Region of Interest) reconstruction.
• Extends the field of view by shifting the detector or rotation table.
• Improves the image quality using the standard Volume Graphics beam hardening correction or the optional Iterative Artifact Reduction (IAR)**.

*   The CT Reconstruction Module is not part of the basic edition of VGSTUDIO and must be purchased separately.
**  Technology licensed by Fraunhofer EZRT