ABSTRACT
The need to have detailed high-resolution visual information of the tissues and organs of the human body has led to a growing research of techniques to highlight their morphological structures and physiological processes. The choice of the appropriate set of techniques depends on the specific diagnostic needs.However, the ability to represent in a suitable way the interleaved set of 2D slices, belonging to a given diagnostic exam, can greatly improve their reading and usage. For this reason, in the last years, there have been many efforts to provide 3D Computer Aided Diagnosis Systems (3D CAD Systems) to support different kinds of activities such as 3D reconstruction and rendering starting from their 2D representation derived by a descriptive set of slices (Archirapatkave et al. 2011, Wu et al. 2010). Moreover, these systems allow skilled users (physicians, radiologists) to use a set of suitable functionalities (e.g. fly-around, fly-through, multiple-view) to support different analytical processes. Summarizing, 3D CAD Systems enable users to optimize their work maximising the analysis process, while reducing time.
