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Point and Click Segmentation rapidly identifies structures on multiple modalities

Merge OEM has a variety of individual components which can be quickly integrated into your solution to provide advanced functionality. For organizations interested in incorporating 3D rendering into their application(s), Merge OEM created one of the first commercially available 3D Workstations (Allegro) in the late 1980s. While yesterday’s solutions required time intensive pre-processing, today’s technology allows 3D imaging to be performed quickly and efficiently on off-the-shelf hardware.

Merge OEM’s 3D technology has been incorporated into a wide array of products throughout the medical imaging industry and has been used for a variety of different applications. In many of Merge OEM’s workstations, 3D rendering is also available as an optional feature to support advanced visualization and diagnostic capability. Merge OEM’s offerings for 3D combine point and click segmentation with an emphasis on performance and image manipulation.

Point and Click Segmentation

• Semi-Automatic and preset volume segmentation reduces user interaction while providing efficient volume rendered images.
• Easily add tissues and apply different color tables to tissues to accentuate pathology and anatomy.

High Performance Image Manipulation Manipulate and segment large datasets with ease using the advanced toolsets for a range of modalities.

Cross-Correlation of Images MPR images assist in localizing pathology while correlation images enable visualization of the same point from multiple angles.

3D rendering showing carotids highlighted relative to bone

MIP rendering of vasculature

3D rendering of MRA scan of head showing arteries and veins differentiated by color

3D rendering modes:

• Multiplanar reconstruction
• Maximum intensity projection
• MinIP renderings
• Unshaded
• Shaded
• Curvilinear reconstruction

Opacity Modulation Opacity modulation removes ringing artifact in bone caused by partial volume effects and enhances the transparency.

Advanced Toolsets

• Easy to use functionality creates diagnostic quality images ensuring physicians see the whole picture.
• Scalpel and clipping tools get to the underlying structures without removing valuable tissues.
• Automatic and preset volume segmentation via ROI drawing.

Performance and Productivity

• JPEG and AVI creation allows for efficient display and transmission of rendered images.
• Interactive tumbling of the rendered volume in a real-time display ensures all angles can be seen.