VISFILES Scientific Visualization in Small Animal Imaging Thank you to principal author Gordon Kindlmann (gk@cs.utah.edu) and his team for sharing the results of their early work on the biomedical applications of small animal imaging. Kwan-Liu Ma Gordon Kindlmann1 Richard A. Normann2 Arun Badi2 Charles Keller3 Greg M. Jones1 Christopher R. Johnson1 1Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah 2Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah 3Division of Pediatric Hematology- Figure 1: University of Utah Small Animal and Microscopic Computed Tomography Core Facility. Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Biomedical applications of small animal imaging are creating exciting opportunities to extend the scientific impact of visualization research. Specifically, the effective pairing of non-linear image filtering and direct volume rendering is one strategy for scientists to quickly explore and understand the volumetric scans of their specimens. Microscopic computed tomography imaging is an increasingly popular and powerful modality for small animal imaging [3]. This column highlights early work from collaborations at the University of Utah between the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute and the Department of Bioengineering, and between the SCI Institute and the Department of Pediatrics. In the first instance, volume rendering provides information about the three-dimensional
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