An apparatus and method for displaying a three-dimensional virtual
endoscopic image are provided. In the method, information on a virtual
endoscopic image is input in the form of volume data expressed as a
function of three-dimensional position. A two-dimensional reference
image, a three-dimensional reference image, and a virtual endoscopic
image are detected from the volume data. The detected images are
displayed on one screen. Virtual cameras are respectively displayed on
areas, in which the two and three-dimensional reference images are
respectively displayed. Here, a camera display sphere and a camera
display circle are defined on the basis of a current position of each
virtual camera. When information regarding to one image, among the two
and three-dimensional reference images and the virtual endoscopic image
on one screen, is changed by a user's operation, information regarding to
the other images is changed based on the information changed by the
user's operation.