title: Intuitive presentation of clinical forensic data using anonymous and person-specific 3D reference manikins.
abstract: The increasing use of CT/MR devices in forensic analysis motivates the need to present forensic findings from different sources in an intuitive reference visualization, with the aim of combining 3D volumetric images along with digital photographs of external findings into a 3D computer graphics model. This model allows a comprehensive presentation of forensic findings in court and enables comparative evaluation studies correlating data sources. The goal of this work was to investigate different methods to generate anonymous and patient-specific 3D models which may be used as reference visualizations. The issue of registering 3D volumetric as well as 2D photographic data to such 3D models is addressed to provide an intuitive context for injury documentation from arbitrary modalities. We present an image processing and visualization work-flow, discuss the major parts of this work-flow, compare the different investigated reference models, and show a number of cases studies that underline the suitability of the proposed work-flow for presenting forensically relevant information in 3D visualizations.
authors: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Universitätsplatz 4, 8010 Graz, Austria; Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, BioTechMed, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria. Electronic address: martin.urschler@cfi.lbg.ac.at.
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Urschler
authors: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Universitätsplatz 4, 8010 Graz, Austria.
authors: Johannes
authors: J
authors: Höller
authors: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Universitätsplatz 4, 8010 Graz, Austria; Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, BioTechMed, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria.
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Bornik
authors: Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors: Tobias
authors: T
authors: Paul
authors: Research Unit Medical Informatics, RISC Software GmbH, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Hagenberg, Austria.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Giretzlehner
authors: Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, BioTechMed, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria.
authors: Horst
authors: H
authors: Bischof
authors: Institute for Forensic and Traffic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Voßstraße 2, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Kathrin
authors: K
authors: Yen
authors: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, Universitätsplatz 4, 8010 Graz, Austria; Department of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria.
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Scheurer
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008348:Manikins; D010781:Photography; D012984:Software; D051598:Whole Body Imaging; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: 3D imaging; 3D reconstruction; Case presentation; Visualization