title: Development of Four Dimensional Human Model that Enables Deformation of Skin, Organs and Blood Vessel System During Body Movement - Visualizing Movements of the Musculoskeletal System.
abstract: We constructed a four dimensional human model that is able to visualize the structure of a whole human body, including the inner structures, in real-time to allow us to analyze human dynamic changes in the temporal, spatial and quantitative domains. To verify whether our model was generating changes according to real human body dynamics, we measured a participant's skin expansion and compared it to that of the model conducted under the same body movement. We also made a contribution to the field of orthopedics, as we were able to devise a display method that enables the observer to more easily observe the changes made in the complex skeletal muscle system during body movements, which in the past were difficult to visualize.
authors.affiliation: Institute for High Dimensional Medical Imaging, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Institute for High Dimensional Medical Imaging, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Asaki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Medical Initiatives, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashizume
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D055119:Elastic Modulus; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D007596:Joints / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D014781:Viscera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*; D051598:Whole Body Imaging / Q000379:methods