Validation of the MR simulation approach for evaluating the effects of immersion on visual analysis of volume data

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 529-538

  Laha, Bireswar ^a   Bowman, Doug A ^b   Schiffbauer, James D ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

3D visualization; HMD; Immersion; Micro CT; MR Simulator; Virtual environments; Virtual reality; Volume visualization

Indexed keywords

3D VISUALIZATION; CONTROLLED SIMULATION; HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS; IMMERSION; MICRO CT; SIMULATION APPROACH; SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS; VOLUME VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

EXPERIMENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883010885     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2013.43     Document Type: Article

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