Integration of genomic and medical data into a 3D atlas of human anatomy.
We have developed a framework for the visual integration and exploration of multi-scale biomedical data, which includes anatomical and molecular components. We have also created a Java-based software system that integrates molecular information, such as gene expression data, into a three-dimensional digital atlas of the male adult human anatomy. Our atlas is structured according to the Terminologia Anatomica. The underlying data-indexing mechanism uses open standards and semantic ontology-processing tools to establish the associations between heterogeneous data types. The software system makes an extensive use of virtual reality visualization.
Turinsky
Andrei L
AL
Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics, University of Calgary, AB, Canada.
Fanea
Elena
E
Trinh
Quang
Q
Dong
Xiaoli
X
Stromer
Julie N
JN
Shu
Xueling
X
Wat
Stephen
S
Hallgrímsson
Benedikt
B
Hill
Jonathan W
JW
Edwards
Carol
C
Grosenick
Brenda
B
Yajima
Masumi
M
Sensen
Christoph W
CW
D000416:Alberta; D000715:Anatomy; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008488:Medical Illustration