A real-time dynamic 3D model of the human inguinal region for surgical education

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1321-1326

  López Cano, Manuel ^a   Rodríguez Navarro, Javier ^c   Rodríguez Baeza, Alfonso ^b   Armengol Carrasco, Manuel ^a   Susín, Antonio ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inguinal region; Surgical education; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR SEGMENTATION; INGUINAL REGIONS; SURGICAL EDUCATION; VOXELS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; REAL TIME CONTROL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SURGERY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; MICROCOMPUTER; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; ILIUM; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE; SPERMATIC CORD; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECTS;

EID: 34447272506     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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