Three-Dimensional Displays and Plots of Anatomic Structures

This chapter presents methods for producing (“rendering” in computer graphics technology) displays and plots of anatomic structures that have already been entered into the computer. The goal is to generate views of the structure as they would have appeared naturally, before any tissue sectioning or other histological manipulations are performed. Since most of the structures are microscopic and a microscope imposes viewing constraints on its user, a display must actually present a view that is better than you could see if you looked into the microscope yourself.

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