Generating useful images for medical applications from the Visible Korean Human

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-266

  Park, Jin Seo ^a   Jung, Yong Wook ^a   Lee, Jun Won ^b   Shin, Dong Sun ^b   Chung, Min Suk ^b   Riemer, Martin ^c   Handels, Heinz ^c  

^a Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Medical applications; Segmented images; Serially sectioned images; Three dimensional models; Visible Korean Human

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3DS MAXES; AUTOCAD; CHINESE VISIBLE HUMANS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; DATA SETS; HUMAN BODIES; PHOTOSHOP; SEGMENTED IMAGES; SERIALLY SECTIONED IMAGES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPIES; VIRTUAL IMAGES; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECTS; VISIBLE KOREAN HUMAN; VISIBLE KOREAN HUMANS; VOLUME RECONSTRUCTIONS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KOREA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KOREA; MALE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECTS;

EID: 54349106107     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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