Open AccessVolumetric display system based on three-dimensional scanning of inclined optical image
Author(s) -
Daisuke Miyazaki,
Kensuke Shiba,
Koji Sotsuka,
Kazunobu Matsushita
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.012760
Subject(s) - stereoscopy , optics , scanner , computer vision , stereo display , artificial intelligence , image processing , image plane , computer science , computer graphics (images) , physics , image (mathematics)
A volumetric display system based on three-dimensional (3D) scanning of an inclined image is reported. An optical image of a two-dimensional (2D) display, which is a vector-scan display monitor placed obliquely in an optical imaging system, is moved laterally by a galvanometric mirror scanner. Inclined cross-sectional images of a 3D object are displayed on the 2D display in accordance with the position of the image plane to form a 3D image. Three-dimensional images formed by this display system satisfy all the criteria for stereoscopic vision because they are real images formed in a 3D space. Experimental results of volumetric imaging from computed-tomography images and 3D animated images are presented.