title: [Digital visualization construction and research on Jiuwei (CV 15)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the digitized visible human with Jiuwei (CV 15) involved.
  
  
  METHODS
  With the virtual Chinese human (VCH) datasets and three-dimensional modeling software adopted, the knowledge on acupuncture and moxibustion as well as acupoint anatomy combined and the computer image processing software applied, the visualized browser software of Jiuwei (CV 15) was established.
  
  
  RESULTS
  By establishing the interactive three-dimensional visualization browser software of acupoints, the location of Jiuwei (CV 15) was enabled to be expressed directly from all the levels, as well as the main adjacent tissue structure. It was suggested that Jiuwei (CV 15) should be punctured obliquely downward to avoid injuring the vital organs such as the heart and liver, and the safe depth of insertion should be 1.0-1.5 cm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The technology of digital visible human enables the three-dimensional expression of acupoint, which can be the platform of the digital teaching pattern. The research on the angle and depth of needling insertion at acupoint can be conducted in combination with teaching materials.
authors.affiliation: College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China. mengxiangwen116@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Xiang-Wen
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Jian-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Ze-Lin
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D012984:Software; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface