Three Dimensional Interaction Techniques of Medical Workstations

  • Gabriele Faulkner
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Abstract

Medical workstations are the access medium for the medical staff to the medical data. The patient information consists of various items which can be grouped into the following seven data categories: text, sound, table, curve, video, 2D image and 3D reconstructed image. In order to process these different data classes, multimedia techniques are required. This paper however, concentrates on dealing with the graphical information. In assisting the treating physicians handling the images, the workstation must support this process in an easy and intuitive fashion. The 2D and 3D user interfaces are vital for the acceptance and functionality of the whole system. A first approach in tackling this task has been carried out within the COMED project.

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

Authors and Affiliations

  • Gabriele Faulkner
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  1. 1.Department of Computer Graphics, SekrTechnical University of BerlinBerlinGermany

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