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Recently, the capabilities of real-time PC-based video image processing and computer graphic systems converged to make possible the display of a virtual graphical image correctly registered with a view of the 3D environment of the user’s object of interest. The generation of an Augment Reality scene can now be done with a PC computer graphics system. An Augmented Reality (AR) system generates a composite view for the user. It is a combination of the real scene viewed by the user and a virtual scene generated by the computer (a 3D model) that augments the scene with additional information. Fig. 1 displays one possible AR scene where a phantom is overlaid with graphics models of tumors. One of the most important issues to consider for a very accurate AR application is the method for tracking the various elements of the environment such as the video camera.
This work is partially funded by NASA grant 99-HEDS-01-079
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Pandya, A. et al. (2001). Tracking Methods for Medical Augmented Reality. In: Niessen, W.J., Viergever, M.A. (eds) Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2001. MICCAI 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2208. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45468-3_246
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