Mission

The mission of the VIS.I.T lab activities in the field of medicine is:
to develop and transfer computer graphics, image processing and visualisation technology to medical applications, clinical practice and education of medical doctors.

Applications

The application of computer graphics and visualisation technologies to medical data has grown in the past years. Virtual reality is currently emerging as an accepted scientific discipline for medicine. The majority of near-term applications are in the area of surgical planning, interoperative navigation, and surgical simulation. Its use in rehabilitative medicine and psychiatry has made significant progress. The immediate future holds promise for virtual endoscopy, which may replace standard endoscopic procedures for diagnostic screening. The most developed area is surgical simulation. Current generation applications are approaching photorealistic representation of the anatomy while haptic imput devices are providing the sense of touch to the procedures.

Partnerships

  • Clinica Chirurgica I dell'Università di Bologna
  • Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica dell'Università degli Studi di Bologna
  • Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università degli Studi di Bologna
  • Istituto di Anatomia dell'Università degli Studi di Bologna
  • Istituto Oncologico Romagnolo, Ravenna
  • Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica degli Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna
    Ospedale Bufalini, Cesena

Current projects

ADAM: The project will implement a diagnosis support component for melanomas early detection integrated into one widespread digital dermatoscopy system.

HipOp: Development and clinical validation of a Pre-operative planning system for total hip replacement.

JPD: Development of a specialised software environment for the design of standard total hip replacement.
VHB (VISIBLE HUMAN DATA PROJECT): The aim of the project is to realise a good fruition of the VHD material by the students of anatomy and to allow the use of VHD for preparing lessons material. Coordinamento: Istituto di Anatomia - University of Bologna, CINECA.
VISU

Concluded projects
http://www.cineca.it/HPSystems/Vis.I.T/Researches/bio_archive.html

Further Information: Cinzia Zannoni - CINECA