METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE FILE, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING IMAGE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH PROGRAM TO MAKE COMPUTER EXECUTE THE METHODS IS RECORDED

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable easy and high speed access to a three-dimensional image file. ;SOLUTION: Original three-dimensional image data S0 is converted into plural pieces of multiple resolution three-dimensional image data S1 having mutually different resolution in a multiple resolution resolving means 2. Pieces of the three-dimensional image data S1 for each resolution are divided into cubes in a cube dividing means 3. A three-dimensional image file F is created by making the resolution correspond to the cube to be included in resolution in a file creating means 4 and is recorded in a recording medium 5. When the image of a specified slice surface in specified resolution is required, the image of the slice surface is generated by only making access to the cube including the slice surface in the resolution.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2000,JPO