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Three-dimensional reconstruction of the superior mediastinum from Chinese Visible Human Female
- Source :
- Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA. 32(7)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This research aimed to construct three-dimensional (3D) visible models of the superior mediastinum for anatomic study and surgical approaches to the superior mediastinum. Sectional images of the superior mediastinum were acquired through the Chinese Visible Human Female (VCHF) database. One hundred eighty images of the superior mediastinum were imported into Photoshop CS and the images were converted into a JPEG format. Surface and volume reconstruction were performed by 3D Doctor 3.5 and Amira 4.0 software programs on an ordinary personal computer, respectively. The surface and volume reconstruction of the superior mediastinum were successful. The surface reconstruction model allowed rotation and magnification of the superior mediastinum structures as well as displayed the contours of reconstructed structures individually or as a composite with any other selected structure. Volume reconstruction displayed abundant internal detail of reconstructed images in transverse, coronal, sagittal, and random oblique sections. Three-dimensional, visible models of the superior mediastinum based on the sectional images of VCHF can provide unique insight into the anatomy of superior mediastinum. These models provide an excellent adjunct to the anatomy curriculum in medical schools and an invaluable tool for the practicing surgeon planning an operation in this complex anatomic region.
- Subjects :
- China
Magnification
Image processing
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
business.industry
Mediastinum
computer.file_format
Anatomy
Visible Human Projects
JPEG
Sagittal plane
medicine.anatomical_structure
Coronal plane
Personal computer
Surgery
Female
business
computer
Surface reconstruction
Software
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 12798517
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1640107dab774f709a6b94f2900060aa