Interactivepickingisafundamentaltaskforprocessingdigitalgraphicsandimages.Combiningtwo-dimensional(2D)andthree-dimensional(3D)viewsisanimportanttrendinprocessingmedicalsliced-geometries.Withthegoalofaccuratelypickingpointsinsliced-geometries,wepresentamethodtopickpointsinteractivelybycombining2Dand3Dviewsofsliced-geometries.Fourviewwindowsareconstructedtorendersliced-geometriesusingmedicalimaginginteractiontoolkit(MITK):threefor2DslicesparalleltotheXY,YZ,andXZplanesandoneforsurfacerendering.Pointspickedinaviewwindowcanberenderedandmodifiedinanywindow.Afterapointispicked,itisimmediatelyconvertedintoaworldcoordinateandstored.Pointsareonlyrenderedandmodifiedbasedontheirworldcoordinates.Thispickingmethodcanbeusedforfitting,observing,andmeasuringlocalregions.Thismethodcanalsobeusedforinteractivesegments.Ourexperimentshowsthatthepickingmethodisaccurateandhasareal-timepickingeffect.
