An Open-source Software Architecture for Immersive Medical Imaging

Author

Coronato, Antonio ; De Pietro, G. ; Marra, Ivana

Author_Institution

SASIT, CNR, Naples

fYear

2006

fDate

10-12 July 2006

Firstpage

166

Lastpage

170

Abstract

This paper presents an open-source software architecture for immersive medical imaging applications. In particular, the software system integrates open-source and cross-platform libraries for medical applications (VTK, ITK) with 3D graphic and virtual reality libraries (OpenSceneGraph, Chromium, VR Juggler) in order to efficiently support both operators and researchers in the medical field. In addition to this, the software system has been enhanced by pervasive computing characteristics like context-awareness and transparent access that enable mobile users to interact with the virtual environment, in a spontaneous and transparent way, with their own mobile devices

Keywords

medical image processing; public domain software; software architecture; ubiquitous computing; virtual reality; 3D graphic libraries; Chromium; ITK medical applications; OpenSceneGraph; VR Juggler; VTK medical applications; cross-platform libraries; immersive medical imaging applications; open-source software architecture; pervasive computing; virtual environment; virtual reality libraries; Application software; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical imaging; Medical services; Mobile computing; Open source software; Software architecture; Software libraries; Software systems; Virtual reality; Medical Imaging; Pervasive Computing; Virtual Reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

La Coruna

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0242-5

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0243-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VECIMS.2006.250814

Filename

4016687