A survey of modeling representations and their application to biomedical visualization and simulation

The author presents an overview of the state of the art in biomedical visualization and simulation and provides a brief tutorial on the various computer graphics modeling representations, with pointers toward more in-depth information. A set of properties based on empirical knowledge of the properties of the structures and organisms concerned, yet sensitive to the current limitations of the ability of computers to model the physical world, is put forth. A brief discussion of many biological phenomena whose study would be well served by utilization of the graphics and stimulation techniques discussed is presented