A framework for representation and visualization of 3D shape variability of organs in an interactive anatomical atlas

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-281

  Hacker, S ^a   Handels, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D visualization; Anatomical atlas; Medial representation; Medical education; Shape modeling; Statistical shape models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BOOK; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATLASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 67650496151     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME0551     Document Type: Article

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