MaximumIntensityProjection
Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP) is a computer graphics technique used in medical imaging to visualize high-intensity structures within volumetric data. By projecting the voxel with the greatest intensity along each viewing ray to the output image, MIP creates a two-dimensional representation that highlights bright features such as contrast-enhanced vessels in CT or MR datasets.
Implementation typically involves traversing the volume along rays from the viewer’s perspective, keeping the maximum voxel
Applications include CT angiography and MR angiography to delineate arteries and veins, as well as lung imaging
Limitations include the loss of depth information, as multiple structures along a ray are collapsed into a
See also: Minimum Intensity Projection, isosurface rendering, direct volume rendering.