This research area of The Cyclops Group is dedicated to the development of new Graphic Computing and Spatial Modelling techniques suited for the the special tasks of:
- Flexible and plattform-independent representation and visualization of 3- and 4-dimensional medical data;
- Immersive organic structure examination and analysis, supporting diagnostic tasks normally better performed on 3D recosntructions and 4D simulations;
- Realistic simulation of the elastic and rupture behavior of organic tissue and of articulated organic structures allowing the simulation of operative procedures;
- Provide low-cost solutions.
Reconstruction and rendering of the CT-Angio demonstration dataset of Jens Krüger at the University of Munich.
For this purposes, we are developing special data structures and graphical and object modelling frameworks to be used in model-based 3D and 4D radiological diagnostic and operative simulation workstations.
Presently, we are developing volumetric data acquisition techniques from medical cross-section image stacks, as well as the structures required for the representation of this kind of data. Such procedures and structures aim to achieve the requisites of a virtual and cooperative operation room. Besides the computational models for medical spatial data representation, visualization and manipulation, is in the interests of our research the achievement of minimal hardware requisites for a low-cost solution for the virtual operation room.
