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XXX.1.3 Volumetric Presentation State Display Consistency
Some types of volumetric views may be significantly influenced by the hardware and software used to create them, and the industry has not yet standardized the volume rendering pipelines to any great extent.
Whilevolumegeometryisconsistent,otherdisplaycharacteristicssuchascolor,tissueopacityandlightingmayvaryslightlybetween display systems.
The use of the Rendered Image Reference Sequence (0070,1104) to associate the Volumetric Presentation State with a static ren- dering of the same view is encouraged to facilitate the assessment of the view consistency (see Section XXX.2.3).
XXX.2 Volumetric Presentation States vs. Static Derived Images
A Volumetric Presentation State creator is likely to be capable of also creating a derived static image (such as a secondary capture image)representingthesameview.Dependingontheusecase,eitheraVolumetricPresentationStateoraSecondaryCaptureimage or both may be preferred.
XXX.2.1 Static Derived Images
Static derived images are intended for direct viewing, and have the following advantages:
•supported by a wide variety of viewers
•minimal display consistency issues - particularly when paired with a Softcopy Display Presentation State
•no volumetric processing is required
and the following disadvantages
•cannot be used to re-create the view from the volume data and then interactively manipulate the view
•dynamic views may require the creation of a large number of individual instances
XXX.2.2 Volumetric Presentation States
Volumetric Presentation States have the following advantages:
•can be used to re-create the view and allow interactive creation of additional views
•supporting artifacts, such as Segmentation instances, are preserved and can be re-used
•allowscollaborationbetweendissimilarclinicalapplications(e.g.,aradiologyapplicationcouldcreateaviewtobeusedasastarting point for a surgical planning application)
•measurements and annotations can be linked to machine-readable structured context to allow integration with reporting and ana- lysis applications
•compact representation of dynamic views
and the following disadvantages:
•not yet supported by legacy systems
•consistency of presentation may vary
•requires access to the original volumetric data and any associated objects (such as segmentation or spatial registration instances)
XXX.2.3 Both Volumetric Presentation States and Linked Static Images
A Volumetric Presentation State (VPS) creator can create a static derived image at the same time and link it to the VPS by using the RenderedImageReferenceSequence(0070,1104).Thisapproachyieldsmostoftheadvantagesoftheindividualformats.Additionally, it allows the static images to be used to assess the display consistency of the view.