TY - GEN
T1 - A Low-Cost, Linux-Based Virtual Environment for Visualizing Vascular Structures
AU - Wischgoll, Thomas
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The analysis of morphometric data of the vasculature of any organ requires appropriate visualization methods to be applied due to the vast number of vessels that can be present in such data. In addition, the geometric properties of vessel segments, i.e. being rather long and thin, can make it difficult to judge on relative position, despite depth cues such as proper lighting and shading of the vessels. Virtual environments that provide true 3-D visualization of the data can help enhance the visual perception. Ideally, the system should be relatively cost-effective. Hence, this paper describes a Linux-based virtual environment that utilizes a 50 inch plasma screen as its main display. The overall cost of the entire system is less than $3,500 which is considerably less than other commercial systems. The system was successfully used for visualizing vascular data sets providing true three-dimensional perception of the morphometric data.
AB - The analysis of morphometric data of the vasculature of any organ requires appropriate visualization methods to be applied due to the vast number of vessels that can be present in such data. In addition, the geometric properties of vessel segments, i.e. being rather long and thin, can make it difficult to judge on relative position, despite depth cues such as proper lighting and shading of the vessels. Virtual environments that provide true 3-D visualization of the data can help enhance the visual perception. Ideally, the system should be relatively cost-effective. Hence, this paper describes a Linux-based virtual environment that utilizes a 50 inch plasma screen as its main display. The overall cost of the entire system is less than $3,500 which is considerably less than other commercial systems. The system was successfully used for visualizing vascular data sets providing true three-dimensional perception of the morphometric data.
KW - Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity
KW - Artificial Intelligence
KW - Biometrics
KW - Computer Graphics
KW - Image Processing and Computer Vision
KW - Pattern Recognition
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-89639-5_98
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-89639-5_98
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 3540896384
SN - 9783540896388
VL - 5358
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 1028
EP - 1039
BT - Advances in Visual Computing
A2 - Bebis, George
A2 - Boyle, Richard
A2 - Parvin, Bahram
A2 - Koracin, Darko
A2 - Remagnino, Paolo
A2 - Porikli, Faith
A2 - Peters, Jörg
A2 - Klosowski, James
A2 - Arns, Laura
A2 - Chun, Yu Ka
A2 - Rhyne, Theresa-Marie
A2 - Monroe, Laura
PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
T2 - 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2008
Y2 - 1 December 2008 through 3 December 2008
ER -