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- Title
Reusable Visualizations and Animations for Surgery Planning.
- Authors
Mühler, K.; Preim, B.
- Abstract
For surgical planning, the exploration of 3D visualizations and 2D slice views is essential. However, the generation of visualizations which support the specific treatment decisions is very tedious. Therefore, the reuse of once designed visualizations for similar cases can strongly accelerate the process of surgical planning. We present a new technique that enables the easy reuse of both medical visualization types: 3D scenes and 2D slice views. We introduce the keystates as a concept to describe the state of a visualization in a general manner. They can be easily applied to new datasets to create similar visualizations. Keystates can be shared between surgeons of one specialization to reproduce and document the planning process for collaborative work. Furthermore, animations can support the surgeon on individual exploration and are also useful in collaborative environments, where complex issues must be presented in a short time. Therefore, we provide a framework, where animations can be visually designed by surgeons during their exploration process without any programming or authoring skills. We discuss several transitions between different visualizations and present an application from clinical routine.
- Subjects
COMPUTER-generated imagery; VISUALIZATION; SURGERY; DATA visualization; MEDICAL imaging systems; DIAGNOSTIC imaging
- Publication
Computer Graphics Forum, 2010, Vol 29, Issue 3, p1103
- ISSN
0167-7055
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8659.2009.01669.x