HTC Vive MeVisLab integration via OpenVR for medical applications.
HTC Vive MeVisLab integration via OpenVR for medical applications.
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0173972
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发表时间：
2017
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Schmalstieg D
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作者：
Egger J;Gall M;Wallner J;Boechat P;Hann A;Li X;Chen X;Schmalstieg D
虚拟现实是一种通过计算机模拟现实来复制环境的沉浸式技术，在娱乐行业受到了很多关注。然而，VR在其他领域也有很大的潜力，比如医疗领域，例如干预计划、培训和模拟。这在医疗手术中尤其有用，因为美容效果很重要，比如面部手术。唉，将医疗数据导入虚拟现实设备并不一定是微不足道的，特别是当需要直接连接到专有应用程序时。此外，大多数研究人员并不从头开始构建他们的医疗应用程序，而是利用MeVisLab， MITK， OsiriX或3D切片器等平台。这些平台的共同点是使用ITK和VTK等库，并提供方便的图形界面。但是，ITK和VTK不直接支持虚拟现实。在本研究中，介绍了在MeVisLab平台下使用虚拟现实设备处理医疗数据。OpenVR库集成到MeVisLab平台中，允许在MeVisLab平台内直接且简单地使用头戴式显示器HTC Vive。来自其他MeVisLab模块的医疗数据可以通过拖放直接连接到虚拟现实模块，将数据呈现在HTC Vive内部，进行沉浸式虚拟现实检查。
Virtual Reality, an immersive technology that replicates an environment via computer-simulated reality, gets a lot of attention in the entertainment industry. However, VR has also great potential in other areas, like the medical domain, Examples are intervention planning, training and simulation. This is especially of use in medical operations, where an aesthetic outcome is important, like for facial surgeries. Alas, importing medical data into Virtual Reality devices is not necessarily trivial, in particular, when a direct connection to a proprietary application is desired. Moreover, most researcher do not build their medical applications from scratch, but rather leverage platforms like MeVisLab, MITK, OsiriX or 3D Slicer. These platforms have in common that they use libraries like ITK and VTK, and provide a convenient graphical interface. However, ITK and VTK do not support Virtual Reality directly. In this study, the usage of a Virtual Reality device for medical data under the MeVisLab platform is presented. The OpenVR library is integrated into the MeVisLab platform, allowing a direct and uncomplicated usage of the head mounted display HTC Vive inside the MeVisLab platform. Medical data coming from other MeVisLab modules can directly be connected per drag-and-drop to the Virtual Reality module, rendering the data inside the HTC Vive for immersive virtual reality inspection.