Invisible touch-control of a DICOM viewer with finger gestures using the kinect depth camera

Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-14

  Ebert, L C ^a   Hatch, G ^b   Thali, M J ^a   Ross, S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gesture detection; Kinect; OsiriX; PACS; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 84877958947     PISSN: 22124780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jofri.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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