Supporting ultrasound diagnosis using an animated 3D model of the heart

Author

Berlage, Thomas ; Fox, Thorsten ; Grunst, Gernoth ; Quast, Klaus-Jürgen

Author_Institution

Inst. for Appl. Inf. Technol., German Nat. Res. Center for Inf. Technol., St. Augustin, Germany

fYear

1996

fDate

17-23 Jun 1996

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

39

Abstract

We have developed a training and support system for echocardiography based on a 3D visualization of a virtual beating heart and the blood flow. The user can interact with the system by positioning a tracker-equipped transducer. The user is able to acquire mental images of the dynamic anatomy of the heart, a mental model for the interpretation of ultrasonic images, and skills in capturing standard positions. The heart model is not reconstructed from actual patient data, but manually designed as a surface model to visualize the most important structures and pathologies. First experiences in actual training courses provide evidence that users gain experiences that are very difficult to obtain in other ways

Keywords

cardiology; computer animation; computer based training; data visualisation; echocardiography; medical diagnostic computing; multimedia computing; user interfaces; virtual reality; 3D heart model; animation; blood flow visualization; echocardiography; heart visualization; medical training system; mental model; three dimensional heart model; tracker equipped transducer; ultrasonic image interpretation; ultrasound diagnosis; virtual beating heart; virtual reality; Anatomy; Animation; Blood flow; Cognitive science; Echocardiography; Heart; Image reconstruction; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1996., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hiroshima

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7438-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMCS.1996.534952

Filename

534952