title: Integration of genomic and medical data into a 3D atlas of human anatomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics, University of Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrei L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Turinsky
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fanea
authors.forename: Quang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Trinh
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Julie N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Stromer
authors.forename: Xueling
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wat
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hallgrímsson
authors.forename: Jonathan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grosenick
authors.forename: Masumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yajima
authors.forename: Christoph W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Sensen
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D000715:Anatomy; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008488:Medical Illustration