Guided image interpretation in neuroanatomy

Author

Guan, Sheng-Yih ; McCormick, Bruce H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

22-25 May 1990

Firstpage

469

Lastpage

476

Abstract

An environment for guided image interpretation in neuroanatomy is described. The authors describe a hyperdocument, created for the user, which allows for browsing and following guided tours through brain sections/volumes and the associated visual knowledge base, and an externalized cognitive map, created for the machine, which incorporates a volumetric atlas. The proposed environment integrates the hyperdocument representation with text and figure, the 3D volumetric atlas, volume and surface visualization, and an interactive user interface. The environment serves as an integrating framework to facilitate visual understanding, inference, retrieval, and comparison of all relevant information, both structural and functional

Keywords

brain; hypermedia; knowledge based systems; medical computing; 3D volumetric atlas; browsing; externalized cognitive map; guided image interpretation; guided tours; hyperdocument; integrating framework; interactive user interface; neuroanatomy; surface visualization; visual knowledge base; visual understanding; volume visualization; volumetric atlas; Brain mapping; Central nervous system; Cognition; Computer science; Data visualization; Feature extraction; Humans; Laboratories; Shape; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visualization in Biomedical Computing, 1990., Proceedings of the First Conference on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2039-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VBC.1990.109358

Filename

109358