This gallery shows selected highlights of the VOXEL-MAN project from four decades of research and development in 3D visualization, image segmentation, virtual body models, atlases of anatomy, medical training systems, haptics, and surgery simulation.
VOXEL-MAN virtual training simulators
VOXEL-MAN 3D Navigator: Upper Limb (2008) — Interactive atlas of anatomy of hand, arm and shoulder
VOXEL-MAN TempoSurg (2005) — First commercially available training simulator for ear surgery
Virtual Anthropology (2004) — Non-destructive study of prehistoric skeletal remains
EUS meets VOXEL-MAN (2003) — Training system for longitudinal endoscopic ultrasound
The Visible Human Project (2000) — Base for 3D anatomical models of unprecedented realism
The Visible Dog (1999) — 3D atlas of a beagle for veterinary medicine
VOXEL-MAN 3D Navigator (1998) — Interactive 3D atlas of anatomy for standard PCs
The Virtual Mummy (1997) — Non-invasive dissection of a 2300 year old Egyptian mummy from CT scans
Inspirations (1996) — Interactions between art and medical visualization
3D Atlases of Anatomy and Radiology (1995)
Professor Roentgen meets the Virtual Body (1994) — Fully computer-generated film on the history and future of medical imaging
First 3D Reconstruction of the Brain (1987) — First ever in vivo images of a complete human brain from MRI scans
3D Visualization (1986)
The dates listed are intended only as a rough guide and are mostly based on key publications on the subject.