Hybrid Focal Region-Based Volume Rendering of Medical Data

In this paper we advocate the use of a hybrid focal region-based volume renderer that offers an alternative for visualization of internal structures of medical image data. We describe this promising technique for communicating the first impression of object shape, while at the same time providing detailed information of volumetric data with the use of a lens-like focal region. This is to better communicate the existence, form, and location of underlying targets while minimally occluding them