Web-Based 3D Visualisation of Biological and Medical Data

Ciril Bohak; Žiga Lesar; Primož Lavric; Matija Marolt

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-37639-0_1

Web-Based 3D Visualisation of Biological and Medical Data

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2020:1235:1-18. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-37639-0_1.

Authors

Ciril Bohak¹, Žiga Lesar², Primož Lavric^{2

3}, Matija Marolt²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ciril.bohak@fri.uni-lj.si.
² Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
³ Cosylab d.d., Ljubljana, Slovenia.

PMID: 32488633
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37639-0_1

Abstract

In this chapter we present an overview of web-based frameworks for visualisation of medical and biological data, with emphasis on visualisation of volumetric data such as radiological data (e.g. magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography or positron emission tomography) and microscopy data (e.g. focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy). We compare web-based frameworks with state-of-the-art standalone visualisation tools and point out the advantages and disadvantages of both. We also present our open-source web-based visualisation environment Med3D.

Keywords: Collaborative visualisation; Volumetric data; Volumetric rendering; Web-based visualisation; WebGL 2.0.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
Internet*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*