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Javier Hernández-Aceituno1, Rafael Arnay2, Guadalberto Hernández3
1Departamento de Ingeniería Informática y de Sistemas, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez s/n, La Laguna, 38204, Canary Islands, Spain. jhernaac@ull.es.
Abstract:
As a complex three-dimensional organ, the inside of a human brain is difficult to properly visualize. Magnetic Resonance Imaging provides an accurate model of the brain of a patient, but its medical or educational analysis as a set of flat slices is not enough to fully grasp its internal structure. A virtual reality application has been developed to generate a complete three-dimensional model based on MRI data, which users can explore internally through random planar cuts and color cluster isolation. An indexed vertex triangulation algorithm has been designed to efficiently display large amounts of complex three-dimensional vertex clusters in simple mobile devices. Feedback from students suggests that the resulting application satisfactorily complements theoretical lectures, as virtual reality allows them to better observe different structures within the human brain.
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