SBIR Phase I: Digital Cadaver - An Immersive Environment for the Direct Reconstruction of Anatomical Data Sets

9861000技术可以为没有个别身体解剖机会的学生提供机会，体验真实的解剖模拟，保留动手实验室体验的智力和教育价值。这个来自Visible Productions LLC的小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将专注于扩展原型系统的技术，为学生提供执行数字解剖的机会，并确定基于Java的健壮实施足以支持商业规模使用的可行性。该实现将由紧密集成到图像请求服务器的基于Web的界面中的Java客户端应用程序组成。Web界面和图像服务器的集成将允许方便的图像缓存、检索和管理。该体系结构将在本地计算和远程图像生成之间提供用户不可见的无缝接口。除了提供独立于平台的解决方案外，用Java实现客户端应用程序将是实现这种集成的关键。该项目将涉及原型系统没有涉及的几个领域的研究。具体地说，改进了Java实现所需的数字染色算法的性能；管理局部分割文件，并将成像请求透明地传输到服务器；基于Web的用户界面，允许学生以私人的、经过身份验证的方式访问和管理其请求产生的图像；以及对一小群学生进行Beta测试。这个项目在解剖学领域提供了一种教学上合理的方法，它将通过互联网将实验室计算机与高端系统结合起来，这样学生就可以使用这个平台，而不需要机构获得高端技术。

9861000 Technology can provide students without access to individual cadaver dissection with an opportunity to experience realistic simulations of dissections that retain the intellectual and educational value of a hands-on laboratory experience. This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project from Visible Productions, LLC will focus on extending the technologies of a prototype system, which provide students with an opportunity to perform digital dissections, and on determining the feasibility of a robust Java-based implementation sufficient to support commercial scale use. The implementation will consist of a Java client application tightly integrated into a Web-based interface to the image request server. The integration of the Web interface and image server will allow for convenient image caching, retrieval, and management. This architecture will provide a seamless interface, invisible to the user, between local computation and remote image generation. In addition to offering a platform independent solution, the implementation of the client application in Java will be crucial to achieving this integration. The project will involve research into several areas not addressed by the prototype system. Specifically, performance of improvement of the digital staining algorithm required for Java implementation; management of local segmentation documents and transparent transmittal with imaging request to the server; Web-based user interface allowing students private, authenticated access to and management of the images produced from their requests; and beta testing with a small group of students. This project proffers a pedagogically sound approach in the area of anatomy, which will combine laboratory computers with a high-end system through the Internet in such a way, that students can use this platform without requiring the institution to acquire high-end technology.