Approximation of a foreign object using x-rays, reference photographs and 3D reconstruction techniques.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Briggs, Matt; Shanmugam, Mohan
- Source
- Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine. Dec2013, Vol. 36 Issue 3/4, p95-100. 6p.
- Subject
- *MEDICAL applications of x-rays
*PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of x-rays
*MEDICAL photography
*MEDICAL illustration
*MEDICAL technology
- Language
- ISSN
- 1745-3054
This case study describes how a 3D animation was created to approximate the depth and angle of a foreign object (metal bar) that had become embedded into a patient's head. A pre-operative CT scan was not available as the patient could not fit though the CT scanner, therefore a post surgical CT scan, x-ray and photographic images were used. A surface render was made of the skull and imported into Blender (a 3D animation application). The metal bar was not available, however images of a similar object that was retrieved from the scene by the ambulance crew were used to recreate a 3D model. The x-ray images were then imported into Blender and used as background images in order to align the skull reconstruction and metal bar at the correct depth/angle. A 3D animation was then created to fully illustrate the angle and depth of the iron bar in the skull. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]