RESEARCH ARTICLE
Anatomically Based Geometric Modelling Using Medical Image Data: Methods and Programs
Monan Wang*, Lei Sun, Yuming Liu
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
First Page: 126
Last Page: 131
Publisher ID: TOBEJ-9-126
DOI: 10.2174/1874120701509010126
Article History:
Received Date: 03/10/2014Revision Received Date: 02/12/2014
Acceptance Date: 25/12/2014
Electronic publication date: 29/5/2015
Collection year: 2015
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Abstract
Geometric modeling software that can realize two-dimensional medical image browsing, preprocessing, and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction is designed for modeling human organs. This software performs medical image segmentation using a method that combines the region growing and the interactive segmentation methods. The Marching Cubes surface reconstruction algorithm is used to obtain a 3D geometric model. The program is compiled using Visual Studio 2010. The software is employed to obtain the geometric model of the human femur, hipbone, and muscle. The geometric modeling results can accurately express the structural information of the skeleton and muscle.