Author(s)

Deisy Brigid De Zorzi Dalke, Neysa Aparecida Tinoco Regattieri, Leyza Elmeri Baldo Dorini, Lucas Ortolan, Pedro Alberto Borba, Marilia Abrahao Amaral

Department of Informatic, Federal University of Technology of Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba, Brazil.
Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology of Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba, Brazil.

Objectives: The overall aim is to propose a general framework to build any kind of interactive digital atlas. It can be used either as pedagogical support to study human anatomy or as a tool to aid health professionals improving the quality of the human resources formation. Methods: To illustrate the use of the proposed methodology was build an atlas of intracranial human anatomy. We used 3D surface rendering techniques to create a brain atlas that would allow us to correlate bi-dimensional MRI images with 3D brain structures. Results: The system was coded in Java and distributed under GNU/GLP license, making it available to use and/or to expand and serve as an educational tool allow medical students to use it to evaluate the special relationships among structures. Conclusions: The characteristics of the obtained Atlas are essential in the Brazilian public health context, where professionals in several different geographical locations (submitted to distinct informatics infrastructure) need to be trained.

Brain Atlas; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); 3D Visualization

De Zorzi Dalke, D. , Regattieri, N. , Dorini, L. , Ortolan, L. , Borba, P. and Amaral, M. (2012) Framework for development of three-dimensional digital atlas of human anatomy. Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, 5, 807-812. doi: 10.4236/jbise.2012.512A101.