Multi-parallel open technology to enable collaborative volume visualization: How to create global immersive virtual anatomy classrooms

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 132, Issue , 2008, Pages 463-468

  Silverstein, Jonathan C ^a,b   Walsh, Colin ^a   Dech, Fred ^a   Olson, Eric ^b   Papka, Michael E ^b   Parsad, Nigel ^a   Stevens, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Collaboration; Education; Grid; Volume visualization

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; OPEN SYSTEMS; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

ANATOMY; COLLABORATION; COLLABORATIVE ARCHITECTURES; DESKTOP APPLICATIONS; GRID; OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES; SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION; VOLUME VISUALIZATION;

PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; SURGERY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANATOMY; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; SURGERY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 44349115651     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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