    Copyright Primal Pictures Ltd. A 3D model of the human cardiac anatomy was reconstructed based on the Visible Male image dataset. A semi-automatic segmentation and surface reconstruction technique was developed. The technique is based on an adaptive 3D region-growing algorithm and the marching cubes algorithm. The model includes detailed inner and outer wall structures on all four chambers and valves. Also structures such as the trabeculae carneae, the papillary muscles and all the main cardiac veins, arteries and fatty tissue were modelled. This work was part of the "Algorithmic
Human Anatomy" and the "Interactive Medical Simulation"
projects, partially funded by the London Development Agency,
UK. |