Research Article
Remote 3D medical consultation
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589719, author={Greg Welch and Diane H Sonnenwald and Ketan Mayer-Patel and Ruigang Yang and Andrei State and Herman Towles and Bruce Cairns}, title={Remote 3D medical consultation}, proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={BROADNETS}, year={2006}, month={2}, keywords={}, doi={10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589719} }- Greg Welch
Diane H Sonnenwald
Ketan Mayer-Patel
Ruigang Yang
Andrei State
Herman Towles
Bruce Cairns
Year: 2006
Remote 3D medical consultation
BROADNETS
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589719
Abstract
Two-dimensional (2D) video-based telemedical consultation has been explored widely in the past 15-20 years. Two issues that seem to arise in most relevant case studies are the difficulty associated with obtaining the desired 2D camera views, and poor depth perception To address these problems we are exploring the use of a small array of cameras to reconstruct a real-time, on-line 3D computer model of the real environment and events. We call this 3D medical consultation (3DMC). The idea is to give remote users what amounts to an infinite set of stereoscopic viewpoints, simultaneously addressing the visibility and depth perception problems associated with 2D video. Here we describe our current prototype system, some of the methods we use, and some early experimental results
