A new 3D Interaction Concept for Radiological Image Analysis

Abstract

In radiology, the interaction with medical image data is limited due to restricted degrees of freedom (DOF) provided by the common user interfaces that are based on the conventional computer mouse as main input device. This work presents an approach with additional DOF for the navigation through three-dimensional image data sets. The initial results show that more DOF can improve learnability and stimulation by providing a more direct interaction, but the developed prototype needs improvement with regard to input precision.