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The medical exploration toolkit: an efficient support for visual computing in surgical planning and training.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19910667     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Application development is often guided by the usage of software libraries and toolkits. For medical applications, the toolkits currently available focus on image analysis and volume rendering. Advance interactive visualizations and user interface issues are not adequately supported. Hence, we present a toolkit for application development in the field of medical intervention planning, training, and presentation--the MEDICALEXPLORATIONTOOLKIT (METK). The METK is based on the rapid prototyping platform MeVisLab and offers a large variety of facilities for an easy and efficient application development process. We present dedicated techniques for advanced medical visualizations, exploration, standardized documentation, adn interface widgets for common tasks. These include, e.g., advanced animation facilities, viewpoint selection, several illustrative rendering techniques, and new techniques for object selection in 3D surface models. No extended programming skills are needed for application building, since a graphical programming approach can be used. the toolkit is freely available and well documented to facilitate the use and extension of the toolkit.
Authors:
Konrad M?hler; Christian Tietjen; Felix Ritter; Bernhard Preim
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics     Volume:  16     ISSN:  1077-2626     ISO Abbreviation:  IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph     Publication Date:    2010 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-11-13     Completed Date:  2010-03-23     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9891704     Medline TA:  IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  133-46     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany. muehler@isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Computer Graphics*
Computer Simulation
Computer-Assisted Instruction / methods*
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Models, Biological*
Software*
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / education*,  methods*
User-Computer Interface*

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