Visualization of morphology and function of human body and its medical application

Abstract

Over the past several years, the infiltration of visualization techniques of human body into clinical medicine has been remarkable. In addition, the expansion of performances of 3D imaging has supplied medical diagnosis with large capabilities. Unlike usual medical imaging diagnosis, real time 3D imaging will enable the user to “visualize” rather than “read” the human structure. In addition, 4D image technology which shows dynamic changes of the human body can be generated by 3D images at high speed. With this technology, it would be possible to obtain information related to the morphology and function of the human body for new diagnosis and new treatment.
Virtual reality technology (VR) has also been used for the handling of high dimensional (3D and 4D) medical image information. The application of this VR, technology to the field of medicine not only helped diagnosis and analysis but also brought new techniques to medical imaging.