SIGGRAPH Asia 2018: The 11th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia
Poster

Enhancement Techniques for Human Anatomy Visualization


Hirofumi Seo 1, 2 and Takeo Igarashi 1

The University of Tokyo
1. Department of Creative Informatics
2. M.D.

Abstract


We propose two simple and efficient visualization techniques for assisting understanding of complex three-dimensional structures like human anatomy: (1) applying Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO), Depth of Field (DoF), and Depth Cueing (DC) to an original rendering result image in real-time, and (2) adding “caps" to thin polygonal tube structures which results in pseudo-thick, hollow structures with a small amount of additional polygons.

Applying Post Processing in Real-Time

Real-Time Marching Cubes with Post Processing

Adding “Caps" to Thin Polygonal Tubes

Real-Time Pseudo-Thick, Hollow Blood Vessels

Video [01:31; with music]


Music by Yui Morishita

Publication (Poster Extended Abstract)



Hirofumi Seo and Takeo Igarashi. "Enhancement Techniques for Human Anatomy Visualization" Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia. Poster. ACM, 2018.

Acknowledgements


This research was supported by AMED under Grant Number JP18he1602001.

Authors


Hirofumi Seo

Hirofumi Seo, M.D.

Project Academic Support Specialist
User Interface Research Group, Igarashi Laboratory
Department of Creative Informatics
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
The University of Tokyo

Takeo Igarashi

Takeo Igarashi, Ph.D.

Professor
User Interface Research Group, Igarashi Laboratory
Department of Creative Informatics
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
The University of Tokyo