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Digital Anatomy

Applications of Virtual, Mixed and Augmented Reality

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Editors:
  1. Jean-François Uhl

    1. Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

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  2. Joaquim Jorge

    1. INESC-ID Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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  3. Daniel Simões Lopes

    1. INESC-ID Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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  4. Pedro F. Campos

    1. Department of Informatics, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

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  • The First Book on Digital Anatomy written in close cooperation between Physicians, Anatomists, and Computer Scientists,
  • Addresses the application of Extended Reality explicitly to Surgical and Clinical Practice through Training and Teaching,
  • Clarifies the classical approaches with the advantages brought by VR, AR, and MR;
  • Showcases recent VR, AR, and MR systems, techniques, and methods for digital anatomy.

Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction to Digital Anatomy

    • Joaquim Jorge
    Pages 1-10

  3. From Anatomical to Digital Dissection: A Historical Perspective Since Antiquity Towards the Twenty-First Century

    • Vincent Delmas, Jean-François Uhl, Pedro F. Campos, Daniel Simões Lopes, Joaquim Jorge
    Pages 11-39

  4. A Tool for Collaborative Anatomical Dissection

    • Ezequiel Roberto Zorzal, Maurício Sousa, Daniel Mendes, Soraia Figueiredo Paulo, Pedro Rodrigues, Joaquim Jorge et al.
    Pages 41-58

  5. 3D Modeling from Anatomical and Histological Slices: Methodology and Results of Computer-Assisted Anatomical Dissection

    • Jean-François Uhl, Maxime Chahim
    Pages 59-75

  6. Volume Rendering Technique from DICOM® Data Applied to the Study of Virtual Anatomy

    • Juan Pablo Merino, José Alberto Ovelar, Jorge Gustavo Cédola
    Pages 77-101

  7. The Virtual Dissection Table: A 3D Atlas of the Human Body Using Vectorial Modeling from Anatomical Slices

    • Jean François Uhl, José Mogorron, Maxime Chahim
    Pages 103-120

  8. Segmentation and 3D Printing of Anatomical Models from CT Angiograms

    • Guillermo Prat, Bárbara Constanza Lorea, Camilo Ruiz, Franco Saúl Scarpelli
    Pages 121-134

  9. 3D Reconstruction from CT Images Using Free Software Tools

    • Soraia Figueiredo Paulo, Daniel Simões Lopes, Joaquim Jorge
    Pages 135-157

  10. Statistical Analysis of Organs’ Shapes and Deformations: The Riemannian and the Affine Settings in Computational Anatomy

    • Xavier Pennec
    Pages 159-183

  11. High Fidelity 3D Anatomical Visualization of the Fibre Bundles of the Muscles of Facial Expression as In situ

    • Zhi Li, John Tran, Jacobo Bibliowicz, Azam Khan, Jeremy P. M. Mogk, Anne Agur
    Pages 185-197

  12. Collaborative VR Simulation for Radiation Therapy Education

    • Haydn Bannister, Ben Selwyn-Smith, Craig Anslow, Brian Robinson, Paul Kane, Aidan Leong
    Pages 199-221

  13. Multi-Touch Surfaces and Patient-Specific Data

    • Anders Ynnerman, Patric Ljung, Anders Persson, Claes Lundström, Daniel Jönsson
    Pages 223-242

  14. Innovations in Microscopic Neurosurgery

    • Iype Cherian, Hira Burhan, Ibrahim E. Efe, Timothée Jacquesson, Igor Lima Maldonado
    Pages 243-256

  15. Simulating Cataracts in Virtual Reality

    • Katharina Krösl
    Pages 257-283

  16. Patient-Specific Anatomy: The New Area of Anatomy Based on 3D Modelling

    • Luc Soler, Didier Mutter, Jacques Marescaux
    Pages 285-297

  17. Virtual and Augmented Reality for Educational Anatomy

    • Bernhard Preim, Patrick Saalfeld, Christian Hansen
    Pages 299-324

  18. The Road to Birth: Using Digital Technology to Visualise Pregnancy Anatomy

    • Donovan Jones, Michael Hazelton, Darrell J. R. Evans, Vendela Pento, Zi Siang See, Luka Van Leugenhaege et al.
    Pages 325-342

  19. Toward Constructivist Approach Using Virtual Reality in Anatomy Education

    • Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo, Erica Malone, Brian Beams, Michelle Pine
    Pages 343-366

  20. A Study of Mobile Augmented Reality for Motor Nerve Deficits in Anatomy Education

    • Margaret Cook, Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo, Michelle Pine, Timothy Mclaughlin
    Pages 367-385
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About this book

This book offers readers fresh insights on applying Extended Reality to Digital Anatomy, a novel emerging discipline. Indeed, the way professors teach anatomy in classrooms is changing rapidly as novel technology-based approaches become ever more accessible. Recent studies show that Virtual (VR), Augmented (AR), and Mixed-Reality (MR) can improve both retention and learning outcomes. 


Readers will find relevant tutorials about three-dimensional reconstruction techniques to perform virtual dissections. Several chapters serve as practical manuals for students and trainers in anatomy to refresh or develop their Digital Anatomy skills. We developed this book as a support tool for collaborative efforts around Digital Anatomy, especially in distance learning, international and interdisciplinary contexts. We aim to leverage source material in this book to support new Digital Anatomy courses and syllabi in interdepartmental, interdisciplinary collaborations. 


Digital Anatomy – Applications of Virtual, Mixed and Augmented Reality provides a valuable tool to foster cross-disciplinary dialogues between anatomists, surgeons, radiologists, clinicians, computer scientists, course designers, and industry practitioners. It is the result of a multidisciplinary exercise and will undoubtedly catalyze new specialties and collaborative Master and Doctoral level courses world-wide. In this perspective, the UNESCO Chair in digital anatomy was created at the Paris Descartes University in 2015 (www.anatomieunesco.org). It aims to federate the education of anatomy around university partners from all over the world, wishing to use these new 3D modeling techniques of the human body.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

    Jean-François Uhl

  • INESC-ID Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Joaquim Jorge

  • INESC-ID Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Daniel Simões Lopes

  • Department of Informatics, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

    Pedro F. Campos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Digital Anatomy

  • Book Subtitle: Applications of Virtual, Mixed and Augmented Reality

  • Editors: Jean-François Uhl, Joaquim Jorge, Daniel Simões Lopes, Pedro F. Campos

  • Series Title: Human–Computer Interaction Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61905-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61904-6Published: 15 May 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61907-7Published: 15 May 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-61905-3Published: 14 May 2021

  • Series ISSN: 1571-5035

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-4477

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 385

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 202 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Anatomy, Simulation and Modeling, Computer Graphics, General Surgery

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