title: Virtual cutting in medical data.
abstract: In this paper we present a method for virtual 3D cutting operations in 3D tomographic data. When cutting interactively the user specifies a series of 3D cutting points and corresponding cut depths on the surface of the object. Each pair of succeeding cutting points then defines a freeform shape of the incision. A 3D meshing algorithm constructs a Finite Element mesh formed by tetrahedrons, representing the surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Real-time Computer Systems & Robotics, Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seifert
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014584:User-Computer Interface