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Updated: Jun 3, 97 |
IAEVA | |
| Distributed multimedia database and environment for virtual walks of 3-D model of human organ |
| Project Nr: | HC 1025 | Group: III | Project Duration: 24 months |
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| Category: | Computerised 3-D Anatomical Study | ||
| Summary: | Create a database with 3D and 4D model information about human organs. | ||
| Mission: | The purpose of IAEVA is to provide computer access to the three-dimensional anatomical models of human body organs, which at present can only be flexibly studied on costly specialised equipment. The service will be based on a continuously updated reference library of 3-D models, and will use network infrastructure already available. Retrieval of solid models for study and manipulation will be possible at response times acceptable to all users. User costs will be low, bringing the service within the reach of students of medical science as well as professionals. | ||
| URL: | www.mk.dmu.ac.uk/depts/dcis/research/iaeva/ | ||
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| Name of Institution | City+Postal Code | Country | Region |
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| NEUROWARE LTD | ATHENS GR-10443 | Greece | GR3 |
| DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY | Leicester LE1 9BH | GB | UK6 |
| LIBERO ISTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO CAMPUS BIO-MEDICO DI ROMA | ROME I-00155 | Italy | IT6 |
| BYTE COMPUTER S.A | ATHENS GR-17676 | Greece | GR3 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS | ATHENS GR-11610 | Greece | GR3 |
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Three-dimensional anatomic models of humans organs from Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance (MR) is now well established technology. These models are available for viewing and for manipulation, such as rotation and dissection, only on highly expensive imaging systems. The aim of IAEVA is to give such an availability on PCs through a service which will provide a reference library of 3D models, continuously updated with normal and pathological models of human organs. IAEVA will concentrate on pathological cases of the knee and the skin.
This service will operate at a Pan-European scale using existing and available European Internet network infrastructure. The service will be available not only over high speed expensive network connections but over low and medium network lines. It will allow retrieval of solid models, even with low speed network lines, at response times that will be acceptable for all perspective users. This constitutes the main design decision of the consortium which is to keep the cost of using the service low, thus opening it up to the largest possible range of users. The perspective users of the service are medical students, medical professionals and people having an interest in medical science. The service will provide to all users a search mechanism for finding (in a way transparent to the information physical location), viewing and manipulating (rotation, zooming and dissection) solid models of organs. The search mechanism will have different modalities optimised in order to serve the needs of each aforementioned user categories.
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Users involved There are two users in the project, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome and the University of Athens Medical School. The Italian professional associations for Radiology and Anatomy have been contacted, and shown great interest from final users viewpoint and will give their advice for final users needs definition. Technologies and/or approach used The service provided by IAEVA will be approached by building a WEB server and accessed by wide-spread browsers such as Netscape and Explorer. These browsers will be extended with a new solid model viewer so that users can view and manipulate solid three dimensional models of human organs. It will also contain the necessary database technology to support the easy maintenance of the service. Expected benefits for the citizen The project results in giving cost effective solutions to both medical training and medical care. The social impact will be enhanced in future developments by an increasing quality of service(by including larger number of human organs) and by the reduction of the need to experiment using live subjects and of the dependency on cadaverous tissues Expected benefits for the users of the application The development of the proposed service will provide a foundation of understanding for medical professionals and students and a mechanism for a broad and rapid dissemination of information on pathological particular conditions and specific cases which otherwise would be restricted to local diffusion. Expected benefits for the European Industries The techniques and the design of the infrastructure for building such a service can be applied also to other market areas which suffer from slow data dissemination problems and data localisation. Therefore the consortium can gain a competitive advantage world-wide in the telematics market, transferable to European Industries. Contribution to EU-policies The service proposed is unique in its nature not only in Europe but also world-wide, to our knowledge. The complete development of the service and of the related technologies will give a strategic advantage to the European IT industry. |
| Campus Biomedico | Rome | Lazio | IT |
| Athens Medical School | Athens | Attiki | GR |
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