title: Improving the visual realism of virtual surgery.
abstract: In this work we focus our attention on improving the visual realism of virtual surgery. A synthetic solution by innovative use of various image-based rendering methods is presented for realistic rendering of virtual surgery scenes. We have, for the first time, developed a methodology for generating virtual surgery scenes with realistic glistening effects by a combination of various image-based rendering techniques, including image mosaicing and view-dependent texture mapping. Realistic examples are presented to showcase the results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Yi-Je
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Xie George
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Tejinder P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Suvranu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface