VarVis: Visualizing Anatomical Variation in Branching Structures

dc.contributor.authorSmit, Noeskaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKraima, Anneloten_US
dc.contributor.authorJansma, Danielen_US
dc.contributor.authordeRuiter, Marcoen_US
dc.contributor.authorEisemann, Elmaren_US
dc.contributor.authorVilanova, Annaen_US
dc.contributor.editorEnrico Bertini and Niklas Elmqvist and Thomas Wischgollen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-09T09:42:25Z
dc.date.available2016-06-09T09:42:25Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractAnatomical variations are naturally-occurring deviations from typical human anatomy. While these variations are considered normal and non-pathological, they are still of interest in clinical practice for medical specialists such as radiologists and transplantation surgeons. The complex variations in branching structures, for instance in arteries or nerves, are currently visualized side-by-side in illustrations or expressed using plain text in medical publications. In this work, we present a novel way of visualizing anatomical variations in complex branching structures for educational purposes: VarVis. VarVis consists of several linked views that reveal global and local similarities and differences in the variations. We propose a novel graph representation to provide an overview of the topological changes. Our solution involves a topological similarity measure, which allows the user to select variations at a global level based on their degree of similarity. After a selection is made, local topological differences can be interactively explored using illustrations and topology graphs. We also incorporate additional information regarding the probability of the various cases. Our solution has several advantages over traditional approaches, which we demonstrate in an evaluation.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersMedical Visualizationen_US
dc.description.seriesinformationEuroVis 2016 - Short Papersen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/eurovisshort.20161160en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-014-7en_US
dc.identifier.issn-en_US
dc.identifier.pages49-53en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/eurovisshort.20161160en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subject1.3.8 [Computer Graphics]en_US
dc.subjectApplicationsen_US
dc.titleVarVis: Visualizing Anatomical Variation in Branching Structuresen_US
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