Title :
An interactive voxel data manipulation system for surgical simulation
Author :
Kitagawa, Eiji ; Yasuda, Takami ; Yokoi, Shigeki ; Toriwaki, Jun-ichiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Nagoya Univ., Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe an interactive surgical simulation system by voxel manipulation in a virtual space. In this system, we can manipulate a 3D image on a computer screen as if we treated a 3D object in real world. In order to treat a 3D image provided as a 3D array with high level interaction and real time operation, we developed techniques such as fast representation of surface figure with polygons, a new data structure for 3D image description, interactive processing with mouse and real-time result evaluation method
Keywords :
digital simulation; interactive systems; medical computing; surgery; virtual reality; 3D array; 3D image description; 3D image manipulation; data structure; high-level interaction; interactive processing; interactive surgical simulation system; interactive voxel data manipulation system; mouse; real-time result evaluation method; virtual space; voxel manipulation; Bones; Computational modeling; Computed tomography; Computer graphics; Data engineering; Data structures; Humans; Medical simulation; Mice; Orthopedic surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Communication, 1994. RO-MAN '94 Nagoya, Proceedings., 3rd IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2002-6
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.1994.365930
