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Research into the 3D Physiological Human is a very active field focusing on the creation of patient-specific computer models for personalised healthcare. Reporting on how these models can simulate and provide a better understanding of human physiology and pathology, this book also looks at how the evolution and the improvement of technological devices such as scanners, medical instruments, and computer power have helped in our understanding of the human body and its functionalities.
The book contains contributions from leading researchers from a variety of disciplines (including computer graphics, biomechanics, knowledge representation, human-machine interfaces etc) associated with medical imaging, simulation, computer-assisted surgery and 3D semantics.
Divided into three parts: anatomical and physiological modelling, physically-based simulation, and medical analysis and knowledge management, this book provides a clear picture of the most recent advances in this increasingly important area.
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Recent Advances in the 3D Physiological Human Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann · Jian J. Zhang · David D. Feng Editors Recent Advances in the 3D Physiological Human 123 Editors Dr. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann Universit´e de Gen`eve MIRALab Switzerland Jian J. Zhang Bournemouth University United Kingdom David D. Feng University of Sydney Australia ISBN 978-1-84882-564-2 e-ISBN 978-1-84882-565-9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84882-565-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009926819 c Springer-Verlag London Limited 2009 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Preface This book presents recent advances in the domain of the 3D Physiological Human that have been presented last December in the Workshop on 3D Physiological Human 2008. This workshop was funded by the “Third Cycle in Computer Science of Western Switzerland” named CUSO, the European project Focus K3D, and the European Marie Curie project 3D Anatomical Human (3DAH). 3D Physiological Human research is a very active field supported by many scientific projects. Many of them are funded by the European Union such as 3D Anatomical Human project (FP6-MRTN-CT-2006) and those present in the seventh framework program “Virtual Physiological Human” (FP7-ICT-2007-2). One of the main objectives of the research on 3D Physiological Human is to create patient-specific computer models for personalized health care. These models are used to simulate and hence better understand the human physiology and pathology. A collection of scientific articles is proposed to highlight the necessity to exchange and disseminate novel ideas and techniques from a wide range of disciplines (computer graphics, biomechanics, knowledge representation,