The Visible Human Dataset as an Atlas and a Source of Test Data
for
Model Based Surgery Guidance
Abstract
This paper presents some ways in which our group intend to make
use of
the Visible Human Dataset (VHD). These are embryonic ideas at the
moment but provide some alternative suggestions as to how such a
dataset might prove useful. The paper is split into two parts.
The
first gives an overview of a deformable model used for image
registration and suggests that an atlas based on the VHD may
provide
the necessary segmentation. The second outlines how synthetic
images
created from the VHD could provide test data for validation of
both
rigid and non-rigid registration algorithms.
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