Marching through the Visible Man

The National Library of Medicine is creating a digital atlas of the human body. This project, called the Visible Human, has already produced computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and physical cross-sections of a human male cadaver. This paper describes a methodology and results for extract...

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Published in:	IEEE Visualization: Proceedings of the 6th conference on Visualization '95; 29 Oct.-03 Nov. 1995 p. 368
Main Author:	Lorensen, W. E.
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC, USA IEEE Computer Society 29-10-1995
Series:	ACM Conferences
Subjects:	computed tomography National Library of Medicine polygonal models magnetic resonance imaging skin bone human body library automation bowels special libraries biomedical NMR surface connectivity computerised tomography biology computing human male cadaver Visible Man data visualisation isosurface extraction muscle medical computing medical image processing
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Summary:	The National Library of Medicine is creating a digital atlas of the human body. This project, called the Visible Human, has already produced computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and physical cross-sections of a human male cadaver. This paper describes a methodology and results for extracting surfaces from the Visible Male's CT data. We use surface connectivity and isosurface extraction techniques to create polygonal models of the skin, bone, muscle and bowels. We also report early experiments with the physical cross-sections.
Bibliography:	SourceType-Conference Papers & Proceedings-1 ObjectType-Conference Paper-1 content type line 25
ISBN:	9780818671876 0818671874
DOI:	10.5555/832271.833871