Advanced surface reconstruction technique to build detailed surface models of the liver and neighboring structures from the Visible Korean Human.
Unlike volume models, surface models, which are empty three-dimensional images, have small file size, so that they can be displayed, rotated, and modified in a real time. For the reason, the surface models of liver and neighboring structures can be effectively applied to virtual hepatic segmentectomy, virtual laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and so on. The purpose of this research is to present surface models of detailed structures inside and outside the liver, which promote medical simulation systems. Forty-seven chosen structures were liver structures such as portal triad, hepatic vein, and neighboring structures such as the stomach, duodenum, muscles, bones, and skin. The structures were outlined in the serially sectioned images from the Visible Korean Human to prepare segmented images. From the segmented images, serial outlines of each structure were stacked; on the popular commercial software, advanced surface reconstruction technique was applied to build surface model of the structure. A surface model of the liver was divided into eight models of hepatic segments according to distribution of the portal vein. The surface models will be distributed to encourage researchers to develop the various kinds of medical simulation of the abdomen.
Shin
Dong Sun
DS
Department of Anatomy, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Chung
Min Suk
MS
Lee
Jun Won
JW
Park
Jin Seo
JS
Chung
Jinoh
J
Lee
Seung-Bock
SB
Lee
Sang-Ho
SH
D044466:Asian People; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008954:Models, Biological; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012984:Software; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed