Interactive stereoscopic full-color direct volume visualization for virtual reality applications in medicine

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2001:81:161-7.

Abstract

Only recently, advanced direct volume visualization techniques have been widely used due to the availability of low cost hardware accelerators; such techniques have a great potential of use for many applications of the virtual reality in medicine. We proposed and implemented a low cost system for interactive and stereoscopic 3D visualization of the full color visible human dataset. Potential use of the proposed system includes anatomical atlases and surgical simulators. A prototype of the proposed system is rendering full color volumes with 256 x 152 x 470 in real time (15-20 Hz) with stereoscopy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anatomy, Cross-Sectional*
  • Color
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Computer Systems
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation*
  • Medical Illustration*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative*
  • User-Computer Interface*