Computer assisted radiology & surgeryComputer-Based Anatomy: A Prerequisite for Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery1
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Materials and methods
Building a comprehensive model of the human anatomy requires a spatial description consisting of 3D objects, which are displayed by using methods of volume visualization, and a linked symbolic description of relevant anatomic terms and their relations (3).
Building such an integrated model is a highly labor-intensive task, which is worthwhile only if the best data available are used. For general models, the highest resolution to date is provided by the Visible Human data set, which is used as
Results
Using the described methods, we created various spatial and symbolic models of different body parts. The most detailed ones to date represent the torso with the inner organs (7) and the upper limb (9), based on the Visible Human data set. For these, more than 1000 objects were segmented or modeled, and a semantic network with more than 3000 relations was generated by a team of computer scientists, physicians, and doctoral students. Preparation involved up to 10 people and required approximately
Discussion
In this report, we present various applications of 3D models of the human body for education and training in radiology and surgery. For these purposes, the model developed within our VOXEL-MAN project provides the following decisive advantages.
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The developed scheme for anatomic and radiological modeling in terms of spatial and symbolic descriptions leads to an integrated knowledge base allowing exploration and interrogation of the model in a virtually unlimited number of ways.
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Various
Acknowledgement
The authors thank Victor Spitzer and David Whitlock (University of Colorado) and Michael Ackerman (National Library of Medicine) for providing the Visible Human data set. The basics of the VOXEL-MAN framework were developed together with Martin Riemer, Thomas Schiemann (now with the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany), and Rainer Schubert (now with the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Innsbruck, Austria). The EUS project was developed in
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