Overview
- Provides an extensive overview of related work in the three different directions of scene generation and introduces specific solutions in detail
- Ideal reference for any reader involved in generating training scenarios, as well as in VR-based training in general
- Discusses theoeretically unlimited automatic generation of healthy anatomy within natural variability allowing tedious and time-intensive manual segmentation to be avoided
- Presents high-quality synthesis of new textures based on samples and automatic mapping to complex geometries enabling the drawing and mapping of textures to 3D models to be done automatically
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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One of the most important elements needed for effective training in Virtual Reality (VR) is the generation of variable scenarios. Without this, trainees quickly become familiar with a scene and the natural variations encountered in real-life situations cannot be reproduced. Generating such models in VR-based applications is difficult, but with the increase in computational power (allowing for larger and more finely-detailed virtual environments) there is an increasing demand for improved methods for model acquisition, enhancement, optimization and adaptation.
The field of medicine lends itself very well to VR-based training particularly in the area of surgery. In this book Matthias Harders examines the main components needed when defining effective scenarios:
• scene geometry
• organ appearance
• biomechanical parameters
providing an extensive overview of related work and introducing specific solutions in detail.
With plenty of examples to show the outcome and performance of the methods presented in the book, this will be an essential resource for all those involved in generating training scenarios in medical education, as well as in VR-based training in general.
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Book Title: Surgical Scene Generation for Virtual Reality-Based Training in Medicine
Authors: Matthias Harders
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-107-7
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84800-106-0Published: 05 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6862-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84800-107-7Published: 30 March 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 167
Topics: Computer Graphics, Surgery, Educational Technology, General Surgery, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Medical Education