CS 69191: Masters Seminar
CS 89191: Doctoral Seminar
Spring 2009
Masters Student Presentation:
3D Stereoscopic Imaging of Anatomic Structures using Amira
Sandhya Jognipalli
Visualization is often incorporated into biology teaching. Although
drawings and photographs are routinely used for conveying the
specifics of human anatomical parts, due to their complex nature,
there is a need for the development of effective teaching tools. In
order to facilitate learning/teaching human anatomy at
undergraduate-level, we are currently working on developing 3D
stereoscopic images for most of human anatomic
structures. Specifically, using Amira, we combine large sets of human
image data provided by National Institutes of Health (NIH) and
generate 3D stereoscopic images. Amira is a general-purpose
visualization and 3D reconstruction software and it has many different
packages which can be used for a variety of purposes. One of the major
purposes of this software is the visualization and analysis of
volumetric data which is common in medicine, biology, and
microscopy. In addition to Amira, we used Blender software and
developed 3D model for human eye. Blender is also a powerful tool,
mainly used for 3D modeling and animation. The ultimate goal of this
project is to assess the effect of our 3D models in teaching nursing
students as compared to teaching that uses traditional
models. Overall, we use imaging technologies for the development of 3D
models that can be used in biology teaching laboratories.
Work with Adam A. Leff, Department of Biological Sciences, KSU