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    • Simulation-based Ultrasound Training Supported by Annotations, Haptics and Linked Multimodal Views 

      Law, Yuen C.; Knott, Thomas; Pick, Sebastian; Weyers, Benjamin; Kuhlen, Torsten W. (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      When learning ultrasound (US) imaging, trainees must learn how to recognize structures, interpret textures and shapes, and simultaneously register the 2D ultrasound images to their 3D anatomical mental models. Alleviating ...
    • Discovering Medical Knowledge Using Visual Analytics 

      Sturm, Werner; Schreck, Tobias; Holzinger, Andreas; Ullrich, Torsten (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Due to advanced technologies, the amount of biomedical data has been increasing drastically. Such large data sets might be obtained from hospitals, medical practices or laboratories and can be used to discover unknown ...
    • A Haptics-enabled Simulator for Transperineal Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy 

      Ritsos, Panagiotis D.; Edwards, Marc R.; Shergill, Iqbal S.; John, Nigel W. (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      We present the development of a transperineal prostate biopsy, with high fidelity haptic feedback. We describe our current prototype, which is using physical props and a Geomagic Touch. In addition, we discuss a method for ...
    • Frontmatter: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine 

      Bühler, Katja; Linsen, Lars; John, Nigel W. (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
    • Image Registration Methods for Patient-Specific Virtual Physiological Human Models 

      Oliveira, Julia E. E. de; Giessler, Paul; Deserno, Thomas M. (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      In this paper, current status of image registration is reviewed with respect to physiological, morphological and anatomical aspects. There are ample choices of recent techniques for image registration which can be used, ...
    • Haptics-based Modelling of Pigmented Skin Lesions 

      Granados, Alejandro; Bryan, James; Abdalla, Taha; Osborne, Genevieve; Bello, Fernando (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Dermatology is under-represented in medical undergraduate education with newly graduated doctors not being able to identify common and important skin conditions. In order to become competent in diagnosing skin lesions, it ...
    • cellVIEW: a Tool for Illustrative and Multi-Scale Rendering of Large Biomolecular Datasets 

      Muzic, Mathieu Le; Autin, Ludovic; Parulek, Julius; Viola, Ivan (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      In this article we introduce cellVIEW, a new system to interactively visualize large biomolecular datasets on the atomic level. Our tool is unique and has been specifically designed to match the ambitions of our domain ...
    • FoldSynth: Interactive 2D/3D Visualisation Platform for Molecular Strands 

      Todd, Stephen; Todd, Peter; Leymarie, Frederic Fol; Latham, William; Kelley, Lawrence A.; Sternberg, Michael; Hugues, Jim; Taylor, Stephen (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      FoldSynth is an interactive platform designed to help understand the characteristics and commonly used visual abstractions of molecular strands with an emphasis on proteins and DNA. It uses a simple model of molecular ...
    • CoWRadar: Visual Quantification of the Circle of Willis in Stroke Patients 

      Miao, Haichao; Mistelbauer, Gabriel; Našel, Christian; Gröller, M. Eduard (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      This paper presents a method for the visual quantification of cerebral arteries, known as the Circle of Willis (CoW). The CoW is an arterial structure that is responsible for the brain's blood supply. Dysfunctions of this ...
    • Uncertainty Estimation and Visualization for Multi-modal Image Segmentation 

      Al-Taie, Ahmed; Hahn, Horst K.; Linsen, Lars (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Multi-modal imaging allows for the integration of complementary information from multiple medical imaging modalities for an improved analysis. The multiple information channels may lead to a reduction of the uncertainty ...
    • Visual Analysis of Medical Image Segmentation Feature Space for Interactive Supervised Classification 

      Molchanov, Vladimir; Chitiboi, Teodora; Linsen, Lars (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Classification of image regions is a crucial step in many image segmentation algorithms. Assigning a segment to a certain class can be based on various numerical characteristics such as size, intensity statistics, or shape, ...
    • Instant Visualization of Secondary Structures of Molecular Models 

      Hermosilla, Pedro; Guallar, V.; Vinacua, Alvar; Vázquez, Pere-Pau (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Molecular Dynamics simulations are of key importance in the drug design field. Among all possible representations commonly used to inspect these simulations, Ribbons has the advantage of giving the expert a good overview ...
    • Automated Slice-Based Artery Identification in Various Field-of-View CTA Scans 

      Major, David; Novikov, Alexey A.; Wimmer, Maria; Hladuvka, Jiri; Bühler, Katja (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Automated identification of main arteries in Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) scans plays a key role in the initialization of vessel tracking algorithms. Automated vessel tracking tools support physicians in vessel ...
    • Visualisation of PET data in the Fly Algorithm 

      Abbood, Zainab Ali; Rocchisani, Jean-Marie; Vidal, Franck (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      We use the Fly algorithm, an artificial evolution strategy, to reconstruct positron emission tomography (PET) images. The algorithm iteratively optimises the position of 3D points. It eventually produces a point cloud, ...
    • Simulated Motion Artefact in Computed Tomography 

      Vidal, Franck; Villard, Pierre-Frédéric (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      We propose a simulation framework to simulate the computed tomography acquisition process. It includes five components: anatomic data, respiration modelling, automatic parametrisation, X-ray simulation, and tomography ...
    • Parametric-based Reconstruction Of 3D Mesh Models; Towards the Generation of a Parametric Human Foot Biomodel 

      Agathos, Alexander; Azariadis, Philip (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      In this work a new reconstruction technique is presented based on Parametric-Based Deformation. The new method uses a template 3D mesh model which is deformed according to user-defined semantic parameters in order to derive ...
    • A Statistical Method for Surface Detection 

      Smith, Samuel; Williams, Ian (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      This work presents a new method for 3D surface detection using a statistical dual-region filter. The method improves over traditional 3D surface detection techniques by resolving interfaces between different stochastic ...
    • Automatic Real-time Annotation of Important Landmarks in Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Blocks 

      Lindseth, Frank; Leidig, Linda; Smistad, Erik (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      The main focus of the preliminary work presented here is the automatic real-time annotation (detection and tracking) of the important structures seen in an ultrasound image taken from a femoral nerve block, i.e. the femoral ...
    • Exploration of 3D Medical Image Data for Interventional Radiology using Myoelectric Gesture Control 

      Hettig, Julian; Mewes, André; Riabikin, Oleksandr; Skalej, Martin; Preim, Bernhard; Hansen, Christian (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Human-computer interaction with medical images in a sterile environment is a challenging task. It is often delegated to an assistant or performed directly by the physician with an interaction device wrapped in a sterile ...
    • Schematic Electrode Map for Navigation in Neuro Data Sets 

      Berge, Christian Schulte zu; Weiss, Jakob; Navab, Nassir (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Neuro resection surgery is one of the last resorts when treating epilepsy patients where conservative treatment shows no effect on seizure reduction. However, due to the severity of the surgery, the resection planning has ...