Three-dimensional user interface for neurosurgical visualization

Ken Hinckley; Randy Pausch; John C. Goble; Neal F. Kassell M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.173994

1 May 1994 Three-dimensional user interface for neurosurgical visualization

Ken Hinckley, Randy Pausch, John C. Goble, Neal F. Kassell M.D.

Proceedings Volume 2164, Medical Imaging 1994: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.173994
Event: Medical Imaging 1994, 1994, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

We describe a 3-D user interface for preoperative neurosurgical planning based on the physical manipulation of familiar real-world objects in free space. Using these passive interface props, neurosurgeons can apply their existing skills to specify spatial relationships in a natural and direct manner. The interface currently employs a head viewing prop, a cutting- plane selection prop, and a trajectory selection prop. Each prop is a simple real-world tool, the position and orientation of which is tracked by the computer. The behaviors associated with each prop serve as `interaction primitives' which can be composited to describe complex spatial relationships, resulting in a powerful, expressive, and conceptually simpler user interface. From the surgeon's perspective, the interface is analogous to holding a miniature skull which can be `sliced' and `pointed to' using the cutting-plane and trajectory props. Our informal evaluation sessions have shown that with a cursory introduction, neurosurgeons who have never seen our interface can understand and use it without training.

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Ken Hinckley, Randy Pausch, John C. Goble, and Neal F. Kassell M.D. "Three-dimensional user interface for neurosurgical visualization", Proc. SPIE 2164, Medical Imaging 1994: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display, (1 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.173994

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