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Figure 1

  Figure 1. Cryosection of the Visible Man dataset: The layer displays a cross section through the Visible Man heart and the surrounding tissue.
 

Figure 2a Figure 2b

  Figure 2. The figure shows the Visible Man cryosections below the knees before (left) and after (right) the interpolation with the radial basis transformations. The yellow dots in the upper and lower layers mark the locations of corresponding anchor points which determine the transformation.
 

Figure 3a Figure 3b

  Figure 3. The left figure shows the an exemplary segmentation of the skull using a 3D region grower. The segmentation starts at a seed point at the top of the skull. Outgoing from this seed point the color values of the neighboring volume elements are evaluated. Those neighboring volume elements that meet user defined requirements to the color value are taken as seed point in the next following evaluation step. This iterative process finishes if no more suitable neighbor volume elements are found. To avoid false classifications the region growing process is supported by interactively deformable surface meshes. Thus, adjacent tissue types of similar color can be separated. The right figure shows one deformed surface mesh.
 

Figure 4a Figure 4b

  Figure 4. The left image shows the segmented and classified body model derived from the Visible Man. The right image displays the surface of the Visible Man heart. Both are part of the MEETMan project, which deals with the creation of Models for the simulation of Electromagnetic, Elastomechanic and Thermic behavior of Man.
 

Figure 5

  Figure 5. The white lines depict the fiber orientation displayed on the surface of the Visible Man heart. In the area of the interventricular septum the heart is cut to provide a view onto the endocardium.
 

Figure 6

  Figure 6. The specialized cardiac conduction system is shown in the anatomical context. Therefore, the epicardium is displayed semi-transparently. At the left and right ventricular endocardium, the blood is displayed in red and blue color, respectively. In addition, the location of the sino-atrial node is displayed in the right atrium in orange color.
 

Figure 7

  Figure 7. Partial state diagram of the finite automaton working on each cell of the cellular automaton: The alphabet of the automaton contains four elements displayed as differently colored arcs. Black arcs depict the increment of time while running the cellular automaton, red arcs a stimulus generated due to excitation propagation, autorhythmicity or external interaction. Green arcs describe the alternation of the tissue class and therefore the change of the electro-physiological tissue characteristics. Any change of fiber orientation is represented by the blue arcs.
 

Figure 8

  Figure 8. The Einthoven I lead of the simulation of a right bundle branch block is depicted in comparison to the sinus rhythm electrocardiogram.
 
 
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