scholarly journals Motion-Sphere: Visual Representation of the Subtle Motion of Human Joints

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 6462
Author(s):  
Adithya Balasubramanyam ◽  
Ashok Kumar Patil ◽  
Bharatesh Chakravarthi ◽  
Jae Yeong Ryu ◽  
Young Ho Chai
Keyword(s):  
Unit Sphere ◽  
User Study ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Human Motion ◽  
Sequential Data ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Interactive 3D ◽  
Fitness Training ◽  
3D Avatar

Understanding and differentiating subtle human motion over time as sequential data is challenging. We propose Motion-sphere, which is a novel trajectory-based visualization technique, to represent human motion on a unit sphere. Motion-sphere adopts a two-fold approach for human motion visualization, namely a three-dimensional (3D) avatar to reconstruct the target motion and an interactive 3D unit sphere, that enables users to perceive subtle human motion as swing trajectories and color-coded miniature 3D models for twist. This also allows for the simultaneous visual comparison of two motions. Therefore, the technique is applicable in a wide range of applications, including rehabilitation, choreography, and physical fitness training. The current work validates the effectiveness of the proposed work with a user study in comparison with existing motion visualization methods. Our study’s findings show that Motion-sphere is informative in terms of quantifying the swing and twist movements. The Motion-sphere is validated in threefold ways: validation of motion reconstruction on the avatar, accuracy of swing, twist, and speed visualization, and the usability and learnability of the Motion-sphere. Multiple range of motions from an online open database are selectively chosen, such that all joint segments are covered. In all fronts, Motion-sphere fares well. Visualization on the 3D unit sphere and the reconstructed 3D avatar make it intuitive to understand the nature of human motion.

scholarly journals Overview: Virtual Reality in Medicine

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Pensieri ◽  
Maddalena Pennacchini
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Surgical Simulation ◽  
3D Visualization ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Communication Interface ◽  
Head Mounted Display ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Interactive 3D

Background: Virtual Reality (VR) was defined as a collection of technological devices: “a computer capable of interactive 3D visualization, a head-mounted display and data gloves equipped with one or more position trackers”. Today, lots of scientists define VR as a simulation of the real world based on computer graphics, a three dimensional world in which communities of real people interact, create content, items and services, producing real economic value through e-Commerce.Objective: To report the results of a systematic review of articles and reviews published about the theme: “Virtual Reality in Medicine”.Methods: We used the search query string: “Virtual Reality”, “Metaverse”, “Second Life”, “Virtual World”, “Virtual Life” in order to find out how many articles were written about these themes. For the “Meta-review” we used only “Virtual Reality” AND “Review”. We searched the following databases: Psycinfo, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Isiknowledge till September 2011 and Pubmed till February 2012. We included any source published in either print format or on the Internet, available in all languages, and containing texts that define or attempt to define VR in explicit terms.Results: We retrieved 3,443 articles on Pubmed in 2012 and 8,237 on Isiknowledge in 2011. This large number of articles covered a wide range of themes, but showed no clear consensus about VR. We identified 4 general uses of VR in Medicine, and searched for the existing reviews about them. We found 364 reviews in 2011, although only 197 were pertinent to our aims: 1. Communication Interface (11 Reviews); 2. Medical Education (49 reviews); 3. Surgical Simulation (49 Reviews) and 4. Psychotherapy (88 Reviews).Conclusion: We found a large number of articles, but no clear consensus about the meaning of the term VR in Medicine. We found numerous articles published on these topics and many of them have been reviewed. We decided to group these reviews in 4 areas in order to provide a systematic overview of the subject matter, and to enable those interested to learn more about these particular topics.

scholarly journals Fast Mesh Simplification Method for Three-Dimensional Geometric Models with Feature-Preserving Efficiency

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongzhi Wang ◽  
Jianwen Zheng ◽  
Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Energy Operator ◽  
Salient Feature ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Mesh Simplification ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Geometric Models ◽  
Feature Preserving ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Interactive 3D

To avoid excessive details, thus omitting less important content, of three-dimensional (3D) geometric models, this study proposes a fast mesh simplification method based on an energy-operator for 3D geometric models with salient feature-preserving efficiency. The energy-operator can evaluate the smoothness and complexity of the regional mesh in 3D models. Accordingly, it can be directly used to simultaneously reduce the candidate triangle and its three neighboring triangles. The proposed method can dramatically collapse the excessive details in relatively smooth areas and preserve more important salient features during the simplification process. It can also maintain a trade-off between time efficiency and salient feature-preserving accuracy. The effectiveness and efficiency of the new method are demonstrated by comparing it with OpenMesh, which is considered the most popular mesh operation software and is capable of achieving accurate mesh simplification models. The new mesh simplification method based on the energy-operator can provide accurate and concise models for interactive 3D rendering, calculating, simulating, and analyzing.

scholarly journals Embedding X.509 Digital Certificates in Three-Dimensional Models for Authentication, Authorization, and Traceability of Product Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Hedberg ◽  
Sylvere Krima ◽  
Jaime A. Camelio
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
International Telecommunication Union ◽  
Product Data ◽  
International Telecommunication ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Digital Certificates ◽  
Three Dimensional Models

Exchange and reuse of three-dimensional (3D) product models are hampered by the absence of trust in product-lifecycle data quality. The root cause of the missing trust is years of “silo” functions (e.g., engineering, manufacturing, and quality assurance) using independent and disconnected processes. Those disconnected processes result in data exchanges that do not contain all of the required information for each downstream lifecycle process, which inhibits the reuse of product data and results in duplicate data. The X.509 standard, maintained by the Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T), was first issued in 1988. Although originally intended as the authentication framework for the X.500 series for electronic directory services, the X.509 framework is used in a wide range of implementations outside the originally intended paradigm. These implementations range from encrypting websites to software-code signing, yet X.509 certificate use has not widely penetrated engineering and product realms. Our approach is not trying to provide security mechanisms, but equally as important, our method aims to provide insight into what is happening with product data to support trusting the data. This paper provides a review of the use of X.509 certificates and proposes a solution for embedding X.509 digital certificates in 3D models for authentication, authorization, and traceability of product data. This paper also describes an application within the aerospace domain. Finally, the paper draws conclusions and provides recommendations for further research into using X.509 certificates in product lifecycle management (PLM) workflows to enable a product lifecycle of trust.

Conceptual Three-Dimensional Modeling Using Intuitive Gesture-Based Midair Three-Dimensional Sketching Technique

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinmiao Huang ◽  
Rahul Rai
Keyword(s):  
User Study ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Interaction Technique ◽  
Three Dimensional Modeling ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Novice Users ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
3D Shapes

We introduce an intuitive gesture-based interaction technique for creating and manipulating simple three-dimensional (3D) shapes. Specifically, the developed interface utilizes low-cost depth camera to capture user's hand gesture as the input, maps different gestures to system commands and generates 3D models from midair 3D sketches (as opposed to traditional two-dimensional (2D) sketches). Our primary contribution is in the development of an intuitive gesture-based interface that enables novice users to rapidly construct conceptual 3D models. Our development extends current works by proposing both design and technical solutions to the challenges of the gestural modeling interface for conceptual 3D shapes. The preliminary user study results suggest that the developed framework is intuitive to use and able to create a variety of 3D conceptual models.

An Acquisition and Display Method for Multi-View 3D Models

2014 ◽  
Vol 1078 ◽  
pp. 341-344
Author(s):  
Ji Chang Long ◽  
Wei Hua Ma ◽  
Chun Lin Shen
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
3D Display ◽  
Stereoscopic Displays ◽  
3D Data ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Final Adjustment ◽  
Three Dimensional Models ◽  
Application Programs ◽  
General Method

Based on the technology of OpenGL and DirectX Wrapper, this paper designs and implements a new general method of data collection and display for the existing three-dimensional models using in multi-view 3D display system. Firstly, by using the technology of OpenGL/DirectX Wrapper, it obtains the application information such as the models, calls and associated data. Secondly, it sends the information to all rendering nodes. Then, according to the multi-view system projection array number and expected angle threshold parameter, each rendering node does the final adjustment and calibration on the obtained information sequentially for multi-view image rendering. Finally, each node transmits corresponding viewpoint image rendered by themselves to the projection equipment, and displays stereo images through 3D device synchronously. This method can be applied to all application programs based on OpenGL or DirectX Library. It is a general method for collecting and displaying multi-view 3D data sources. Experimental results show that this method is of high acquisition and rendering process, the image quality is the same as the source and stereoscopic displays strong. It has a wide range of applications and research value in the field of Engineering.

scholarly journals Beyond the visible spectrum – applying 3D multispectral full-body imaging to the VirtoScan system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sören Kottner ◽  
Martin M. Schulz ◽  
Florian Berger ◽  
Michael Thali ◽  
Dominic Gascho
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Visible Spectrum ◽  
Image Data ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Ct Scanner ◽  
Body Imaging ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Full Body

AbstractMultispectral photography offers a wide range of applications for forensic investigations. It is commonly used to detect latent evidence and to enhance the visibility of findings. Additionally, three-dimensional (3D) full-body documentation has become much easier and more affordable in recent years. However, the benefits of performing 3D imaging beyond the visible (VIS) spectrum are not well known, and the technique has not been widely used in forensic medical investigations. A multicamera setup was used to employ multispectral photogrammetry between 365 and 960 nm in postmortem investigations. The multicamera setup included four modified digital cameras, ultraviolet (UV) and near-infrared (NIR) light sources and supplemental lens filters. Full-body documentation was performed in conjunction with the use of a medical X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner to automate the imaging procedure. Textured 3D models based on multispectral datasets from four example cases were reconstructed successfully. The level of detail and overall quality of the 3D reconstructions varied depending on the spectral range of the image data. Generally, the NIR datasets showed enhanced visibility of vein patterns and specific injuries, whereas the UV-induced datasets highlighted foreign substances on the skin. Three-dimensional multispectral full-body imaging enables the detection of latent evidence that is invisible to the naked eye and allows visualization, documentation and analysis of evidence beyond the VIS spectrum.

scholarly journals Comparative masticatory myology in anteaters and its implications for interpreting morphological convergence in myrmecophagous placentals

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio Ferreira-Cardoso ◽  
Pierre-Henri Fabre ◽  
Benoit de Thoisy ◽  
Frédéric Delsuc ◽  
Lionel Hautier
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Ct Scanning ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Feeding Apparatus ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Masticatory Ability ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Functional Shift

Background Ecological adaptations of mammals are reflected in the morphological diversity of their feeding apparatus, which includes differences in tooth crown morphologies, variation in snout size, or changes in muscles of the feeding apparatus. The adaptability of their feeding apparatus allowed them to optimize resource exploitation in a wide range of habitats. The combination of computer-assisted X-ray microtomography (µ-CT) with contrast-enhancing staining protocols has bolstered the reconstruction of three-dimensional (3D) models of muscles. This new approach allows for accurate descriptions of muscular anatomy, as well as the quick measurement of muscle volumes and fiber orientation. Ant- and termite-eating (myrmecophagy) represents a case of extreme feeding specialization, which is usually accompanied by tooth reduction or complete tooth loss, snout elongation, acquisition of a long vermiform tongue, and loss of the zygomatic arch. Many of these traits evolved independently in distantly-related mammalian lineages. Previous reports on South American anteaters (Vermilingua) have shown major changes in the masticatory, intermandibular, and lingual muscular apparatus. These changes have been related to a functional shift in the role of upper and lower jaws in the evolutionary context of their complete loss of teeth and masticatory ability. Methods We used an iodine staining solution (I2KI) to perform contrast-enhanced µ-CT scanning on heads of the pygmy (Cyclopes didactylus), collared (Tamandua tetradactyla) and giant (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) anteaters. We reconstructed the musculature of the feeding apparatus of the three extant anteater genera using 3D reconstructions complemented with classical dissections of the specimens. We performed a description of the musculature of the feeding apparatus in the two morphologically divergent vermilinguan families (Myrmecophagidae and Cyclopedidae) and compared it to the association of morphological features found in other myrmecophagous placentals. Results We found that pygmy anteaters (Cyclopes) present a relatively larger and architecturally complex temporal musculature than that of collared (Tamandua) and giant (Myrmecophaga) anteaters, but shows a reduced masseter musculature, including the loss of the deep masseter. The loss of this muscle concurs with the loss of the jugal bone in Cyclopedidae. We show that anteaters, pangolins, and aardvarks present distinct anatomies despite morphological and ecological convergences.

scholarly journals COMPUTER MODELING USING THE AUTODESK 3D STUDIO MAX EDITOR

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 440-444
Author(s):  
A.R. Turganbayeva ◽  
◽  
F.K. Bolysbekova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Computer Modeling ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Third Party ◽  
School Students ◽  
3D Objects ◽  
3D Data ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cross Platform

This article describes in detail the capabilities of the Autodesk 3D Studio Max editor, which allows secondary school students to master three-dimensional computer modeling. To do this, we selected and studied modeling methods that allow us to create models of various complexity. The article provides modules and operators that can create part models and create real-world effects, create relationships between parts, and combine parts with each other and other objects. We studied the well-known visualization tools for working with three-dimensional graphics Autodesk 3D Studio Max. As a result of the experiment, it was proved that this platform is popular due to a wide range of features that facilitate the creation of complex 3D objects and scenes. It turned out that the Autodesk FBX cross-platform was designed to create 3D data and share it. It provides access to 3D models created in most third-party systems. Conclusions were made that it is available for high school students to master.

scholarly journals Augmented Reality Implementations in Stomatology

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (14) ◽  
pp. 2929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleš Procházka ◽  
Tatjana Dostálová ◽  
Magdaléna Kašparová ◽  
Oldřich Vyšata ◽  
Hana Charvátová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Plaster Cast ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Dental Arch ◽  
Morphological Operations ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Plaster Casts

Augmented reality has a wide range of applications in many areas that can extend the study of real objects into the digital world, including stomatology. Real dental objects that were previously examined using their plaster casts are often replaced by their digital models or three-dimensional (3D) prints in the cyber-physical world. This paper reviews a selection of digital methods that have been applied in dentistry, including the use of intra-oral scanning technology for data acquisition and evaluation of fundamental features of dental arches. The methodology includes the use of digital filters and morphological operations for spatial objects analysis, their registration, and evaluation of changes during the treatment of specific disorders. The results include 3D models of selected dental arch objects, which allow a comparison of their shape and position during repeated observations. The proposed methods present digital alternatives to the use of plaster casts for semiautomatic evaluation of dental arch measures. This paper describes some of the advantages of 3D digital technology replacing real world elements and plaster cast dental models in many areas of classical stomatology.

scholarly journals Clinical Implementation of In-House Developed MR-Based Patient-Specific 3D Models of Liver Anatomy

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 143-152
Author(s):  
Oleksandra V. Ivashchenko ◽  
Jasper N. Smit ◽  
Jasper Nijkamp ◽  
Leon C. ter Beek ◽  
Erik-Jan Rijkhorst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neoadjuvant Treatment ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Biliary Tree ◽  
Complete Response ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Patient Specific ◽  
Clinical Implementation ◽  
Liver Anatomy ◽  
Quality Aspects ◽  
Interactive 3D

Knowledge of patient-specific liver anatomy is key to patient safety during major hepatobiliary surgery. Three-dimensional (3D) models of patient-specific liver anatomy based on diagnostic MRI images can provide essential vascular and biliary anatomical insight during surgery. However, a method for generating these is not yet publicly available. This paper describes how these 3D models of the liver can be generated using open source software, and then subsequently integrated into a sterile surgical environment. The most common image quality aspects that degrade the quality of the 3D models as well possible ways of eliminating these are also discussed. Per patient, a single diagnostic multiphase MRI scan with hepatospecific contrast agent was used for automated segmentation of liver contour, arterial, portal, and venous anatomy, and the biliary tree. Subsequently, lesions were delineated manually. The resulting interactive 3D model could be accessed during surgery on a sterile covered tablet. Up to now, such models have been used in 335 surgical procedures. Their use simplified the surgical treatment of patients with a high number of liver metastases and contributed to the localization of vanished lesions in cases of a radiological complete response to neoadjuvant treatment. They facilitated perioperative verification of the relationship of tumors and the surrounding vascular and biliary anatomy, and eased decision-making before and during surgery.

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