A user interface for VR-ready 3D medical imaging by off-the-shelf input devices

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-358

  Gallo, L ^a,b   Minutolo, A ^b   De Pietro, G ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interaction techniques; Medical imaging; Mouse; Pointing; Rotation; User interface; Virtual reality; Wiimote

Indexed keywords

3-D SPACE; 3D IMAGING; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; INPUT DEVICES; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGES; MOUSE; OPEN-SOURCE; POINTING;

KNOBS; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77549087160     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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