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An Interactive Web-Based Navigation System for Learning Human Anatomy

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Advanced Technologies, Embedded and Multimedia for Human-centric Computing

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This paper presents an interactive web-based anatomy navigation system based on the high-resolution Chinese Visible Human (CVH) dataset. Compared with previous anatomy learning software, there are three new features in our navigation system. First, we directly exploit the capabilities of graphics hardware to achieve real-time computation of large medical dataset on the web. In addition, various visualization effects are supplied to enhance the visual perception of human model. Second, to facilitate user interaction, we design a set of user-friendly interface by incorporating the Microsoft Kinect into the system, and the users can navigate the Visible Human with their hand gestures. Third, in order to eliminate the unreliable bottleneck: network transmission, we employ a progressive strategy to transmit the data between the server and the client. Experimental results validate the advantages of the proposed navigation system for learning human anatomy, indicating its great potential in clinical applications.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Haichao Zhu, Weiming Wang, Jingxian Sun, Qiang Meng, Jinze Yu, Jing Qin & Pheng-Ann Heng

  2. Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Jing Qin & Pheng-Ann Heng

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    Yueh-Min Huang

  2. Engineering, National Ilan University Inst. Computer Science & Information, I-Lan, Taiwan

    Han-Chieh Chao

  3. Dept of Computer Sci. and Inf. Bao-Shan Campus, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua City, Taiwan

    Der-Jiunn Deng

  4. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul University of Science & and Technology (SeoulTech), Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park

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Zhu, H. et al. (2014). An Interactive Web-Based Navigation System for Learning Human Anatomy. In: Huang, YM., Chao, HC., Deng, DJ., Park, J. (eds) Advanced Technologies, Embedded and Multimedia for Human-centric Computing. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 260. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7262-5_9

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