TY - GEN
T1 - Web-based educational tool for cleft lip repair using XVL
AU - Tanaka, Daigo
AU - Kobayashi, Masahiro
AU - Chiyokura, Hiroaki
AU - Nakajima, Tatsuo
AU - Fujino, Toyomi
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - Recent web-based technologies have brought a variety of new possibilities to the field of medical information. Nevertheless, transferring 3D patient models through usual low-band-width networks is difficult because of the large size of data file. XVL (eXtensive VRML with Lattice), a new framework for 3D Data representation with high quality surface shape, has solved this problem. In cooperation with Lattice Technology Inc., we have created XVL-formatted patient 3D models. The XVL model takes less than 100 kilobytes, whereas the same quality model in Virtual Reality Modeling Language(VRML) format requires more than 5 megabytes. Because of the many advantages of XVL, we have created a 3D web-based educational tool for repair of cleft lip-plastic surgery for congenital defects of the lips that requires complex incisions and reconstruction. Our system can interact with the model and 3D.vi sualization of the incision lines, displacement of skin flaps, and suturing. Our educational tool for cleft lip repair has demonstrated that the XVL model and its web-based application can open up new possibilities for 3D medical information systems. We are currently refining the XVL model and developing XVL-based applications to simulate the actual surgery on the World Wide Web.
AB - Recent web-based technologies have brought a variety of new possibilities to the field of medical information. Nevertheless, transferring 3D patient models through usual low-band-width networks is difficult because of the large size of data file. XVL (eXtensive VRML with Lattice), a new framework for 3D Data representation with high quality surface shape, has solved this problem. In cooperation with Lattice Technology Inc., we have created XVL-formatted patient 3D models. The XVL model takes less than 100 kilobytes, whereas the same quality model in Virtual Reality Modeling Language(VRML) format requires more than 5 megabytes. Because of the many advantages of XVL, we have created a 3D web-based educational tool for repair of cleft lip-plastic surgery for congenital defects of the lips that requires complex incisions and reconstruction. Our system can interact with the model and 3D.vi sualization of the incision lines, displacement of skin flaps, and suturing. Our educational tool for cleft lip repair has demonstrated that the XVL model and its web-based application can open up new possibilities for 3D medical information systems. We are currently refining the XVL model and developing XVL-based applications to simulate the actual surgery on the World Wide Web.
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-925-7-485
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-925-7-485
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 2001138127
AN - SCOPUS:0035230422
SN - 1586031430
SN - 9781586031435
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 485
EP - 491
BT - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2001 - Outer Space, Inner Space, Virtual Space
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 2001 Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference: Outer Space, Inner Space, Virtual Space, MMVR 2001
Y2 - 24 January 2001 through 27 January 2001
ER -