Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP) images are used to view blood vessels in CT or MR data sets. This method of reformation takes the brightest pixels in the image to display. To create a MIP image, right mouse click in the Volume view port to show the menu. Select Appearance>MIP from the menu to generate a MIP view. (Please note that the menu item is now changed to Undo MIP.) You can click Appearance>Undo MIP to restore the image to Volume rendering.
This is a MIP image from a MR Angiogram of the Circle of Willis in the brain. A large aneurysm is visible on the right side of the Circle of Willis.
Once the MIP image has been created, you can interactively rotate and view the image from any angle. This is useful in such cases to help determine the origin and location of the aneurysm.