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Design and Calibration of a Virtual Tomographic Reflection System
Damion Michael Shelton, George D. Stetten, Bing Wu, and Roberta Klatzky
IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces, March, 2006.
| Abstract |
| Virtual Tomographic Reflection (VTR) is a new augmented real- ity technique that allows users to view volumetric image data using an interaction paradigm based on medical ultrasound. VTR is es- sentially a "virtual" version of the Sonic Flashlight, a a device that permits real-time in situ visualization of ultrasound images by re- flecting calibrated images displayed on a flat-panel monitor from a partially transparent half silvered mirror [13], where the actual ul- trasound scanner is replaced by an optical tracking / computer sys- tem capable of generating cross-sections through stored image data. The design of this system was motivated by the need to conduct psychophysical and accuracy analysis of the real Sonic Flashlight in a highly controlled artificial environment [12]. Here we present the fully developed version of our Virtual Tomographic Reflection (VTR) device and describe the overall system architecture as well as a highly accurate method for calibrating the system. In addition, we describe proposed psychophysical studies and the utility of VTR as a tool to explore very large medical image datasets derived from the National Library of Medicine Visible Human project. |
| Notes |
 Associated Center(s) / Consortia:
Vision and Autonomous Systems Center and Quality of Life Technology Center Associated Lab(s) / Group(s):
Human-Robot Interaction Group Associated Project(s):
Sonic FlashlightTM Number of pages: 5 Note: submitted |
| Text Reference |
| Damion Michael Shelton, George D. Stetten, Bing Wu, and Roberta Klatzky, "Design and Calibration of a Virtual Tomographic Reflection System," IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces, March, 2006. |
| BibTeX Reference |
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@inproceedings{Shelton_2006_5252, author = "Damion Michael Shelton and George D Stetten and Bing Wu and Roberta Klatzky", title = "Design and Calibration of a Virtual Tomographic Reflection System", booktitle = "IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces", month = "March", year = "2006", Notes = "submitted" } |
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