| Title: | Visible Korean Human. Its Techniques and Applications |
| Date: |
December 4, 2006 (Monday)
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| Time: |
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
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| Venue: |
Room 121, 1/F, Ho Sin-hang Engineering Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T. |
| Speaker: |
Prof. Min Suk Chung
Department of Anatomy Ajou University School of Medicine South Korea |
Three recent studies have offered an unprecedented view of the human body. The Visible Human Project (VHP), the Visible Korean Human (VKH), and the Chinese Visible Human (CVH) have featured the serial sectioning of whole cadavers, producing cross-sectional images that methodically catalogue gross human anatomy. By volumetric reconstruction, these cross-sectional images can be transformed into three-dimensional images of anatomic structures. Compiling these three-dimensional images would create an invaluable library for medical education and research. The goal of this report is to promote the expansion of such a library of three-dimensional anatomic images and to help users fully understand and utilize the serially sectioned images. To do this, we will discuss the fundamental techniques and equipment used in the VKH and its preliminary experiments. We will also address new applications of the VKH, including virtual brain surgery, virtual endoscopy, and virtual cardiopulmonary resuscitation via the development of virtual dissection software.
BIOGRAPHY:
Prof. Min Suk Chung is a professor in the Department of Anatomy, Ajou University School of Medicine, South Korea. He acquired M.D. in Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea (1987) and Ph.D. in the same University (1996). Since he acquired the M.D. (1987), he has taught gross anatomy and studied gross anatomy (clinical anatomy, physical anthropology). Nowadays, he continues to make the Visible Korean Human (anatomy.co.kr), serially sectioned images of the entire body, which will solve the problems encountered with the Visible Human Project dataset. Furthermore, He is making multimedia data including movies and cartoons for gross anatomy education.
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