Publication
Stereoscopic 3D Views with In-Place 2D Overlays for a Medical Tutoring System
Matthias Deller; Peter Dannenmann; Achim Ebert; Gerd Reis; Daniel Steffen
In: Proceedings of IEEE Visualization Conferences 2008 (VisWeek 2008). IEEE Visualization Conference (IEEE Vis-2008), October 19-24, Columbus, OH, USA, IEEE, 2008.
Abstract
Three-dimensional visualization of the human body is a widely
used technique in medical education. It is even more effective when
using immersive stereoscopic visualization. However, a realistic
image of the body and its parts alone is not sufficient for a tutoring
system since the scholar needs additional information about what
he is seeing. Besides simple names of the organs also detailed information
on their functioning as well as additional diagrams may
be needed. On the other hand, in a stereo environment, it is difficult
to display that kind of detailed information, enforcing additional
2D views of the focussed body part.
In the presented system we tackle this problem by enhancing the
stereoscopic view with in-place 2D overlays. The stereoscopic projection
is extended by a third projector, which is capable of providing
a high-resolution picture inside the 3D projection. With this
new technique, we extend medical visualization technologies by
adding relevant detailed information in the focus plane, thus creating
a new and most valuable tutoring system which enables students
to learn self-reliantly and in a very efficient manner.