Acta Anatomica Sinica

Acta Anatomica Sinica ›› 2019, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (2): 220-226.doi: 10.16098/j.issn.0529-1356.2019.02.012

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Construction and application of a web-based three-dimensional organ model visualization system including Chinese anatomical variations

WANG Hong-kai1 ZHANG Nan1 SUN Xiao-bang1 ZHANG Yan-jun2 HUO Li3 YU Li-juan4 SHI Hong-cheng5 ZHANG Bin 1*   

  1. 1.Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning Dalian 116024, China; 2.Department of Nuclear Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning Dalian 116011, China;  3.Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100032, China; 4.The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Hainan Medical Collegel, Haikou 570300, China; 5.Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
  • Received:2018-04-19 Revised:2018-06-08 Online:2019-04-06 Published:2019-04-06
  • Contact: Zhang Bin E-mail:binzhang@dlut.edu.cn

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Abstract:

Objective Digital three-dimensional (3D) anatomical model have promoted anatomy education and clinical research and treatment. However, most existing digital 3D models of Chinese human are based on standard human subjects which do not include the anatomical variations between different individuals. This limitation hampers the users’ understanding of inter-subject organ morphology variations. Therefore, we constructed a web-based 3D visualization system of human trunk anatomical deformation model to demonstrate these variations. Methods We learned the individual differences of organ morphology from 138 healthy Chinese CT images using the statistical shape model technique, and interactively demonstrated the deformation of anatomical variances through web browser. Results The proposed system realized cross-platform network-based visualization and allowed the adjustment of anatomical deformation through the user’s interactive operation. Conclusion Our web-based system provides novel inter-subject variation information for anatomy education and medical applications.

Key words: Human deformation model, Web graphics library, 3D visualization, Anatomy education, Medical application