TY - JOUR

T1 - Multi-view autostereoscopic system for 3D visualization in anatomy

AU - Magalhães, Daniel Souza Ferreira

AU - Mansoor, Saad

AU - Weng, Ying

AU - Ghizoni, Enrico

AU - Barbosa, Thiago

AU - Silveira, Fernanda de Almeida

AU - Toledo, Rolando Serra

AU - Li, Li Min

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - The use of 3D imaging in the medical field has proven to be a benefit to doctors when diagnosingpatients. As for different medical applications, 3D visualization systems have advantages in terms of a better spatialunderstanding of anatomical structures, better performance of tasks that require high level of dexterity, increasedlearning performance, and improved communications with patients or between doctors. Methods: In this technicalreport, we show how to employ a multi-view autostereoscopic system to provide 3D images without any specialglasses or equipment, describing a new way to obtain 3D visualization using sets of 2D images instead of realvolumetric data such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT). We also propose anapplication of the images in neuroanatomy. Results: We obtained three-dimensional images of anatomical partsfor visualization without glasses with resolution of 336 × 210 pixels’. Conclusion: The proposed method was ableto generate three-dimensional high-resolution images and has great potential to be used in various areas such asanatomy and physiological studies.

AB - The use of 3D imaging in the medical field has proven to be a benefit to doctors when diagnosingpatients. As for different medical applications, 3D visualization systems have advantages in terms of a better spatialunderstanding of anatomical structures, better performance of tasks that require high level of dexterity, increasedlearning performance, and improved communications with patients or between doctors. Methods: In this technicalreport, we show how to employ a multi-view autostereoscopic system to provide 3D images without any specialglasses or equipment, describing a new way to obtain 3D visualization using sets of 2D images instead of realvolumetric data such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT). We also propose anapplication of the images in neuroanatomy. Results: We obtained three-dimensional images of anatomical partsfor visualization without glasses with resolution of 336 × 210 pixels’. Conclusion: The proposed method was ableto generate three-dimensional high-resolution images and has great potential to be used in various areas such asanatomy and physiological studies.

KW - 3D medical imaging

KW - 3D visualization systems

KW - Multi-view autostereoscopic display

KW - Anatomy

U2 - 10.1590/2446-4740.180066

DO - 10.1590/2446-4740.180066

M3 - Article

VL - 34

SP - 279

EP - 283

JO - Research on Biomedical Engineering

JF - Research on Biomedical Engineering

SN - 2446-4732

IS - 3

ER -