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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Virtual Human Modeling

Richard C. WardComputational Sciences and Engineering Division

• Virtual Human Computational Environment

• Integrated Respiratory System Modeling

• Virtual Soldier Project (DARPA)

• Virtual Autopsy Project (DARPA)

• Revolutionizing Prosthetics (DARPA)

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Model sliders

control simulation

Virtual Human PSE: Rideout Left Heart Model

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Virtual

Soldier

Or

Combat Medical Support

Enters the Information Age

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

One Goal of Virtual Soldier Project: Create a

Holographic Medical Electronic RepresentationThe HotBox connects:

• Physiology display

• Geometry window

• Anatomical ontology

SCIRun Net

The HotBox interfaceThorax model

Physiology Monitor

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Revolutionizing Prosthetics

Create revolutionary design of forearm/handprosthesis with realistic look, feel and action.

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Students Contribute Significantly toVirtual Human Modeling

• Virtual Human Computational EnvironmentEduardo Difilippo, SULI 1999Dan Price, SULI 2000Joy Wright, PST, 2000Ming Gu, GLCA 2001

• Integrated Respiratory System ModelingJacob McMurray, SULI 2000Todd Miller, CCT 2000Erica Sherritze, PST 2003

• Human Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Kara Kruse)Wiliam Jenkins, SULI 2001Joel Outten, SULI 2002

• Virtual Soldier Project (DARPA)Gary Atkins, RAMS 2004Sarah Wing, SULI 2004Pearl Flath, SULI 2005Jennifer Bennett, RAMS 2005Matt Woerner, HERE 2005

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Virtual Human Modeling

Example Projects

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Erica Sherritze

Use NURBS Software to Design

Pulmonary Airway

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Display Surfaces of OrganSegments using VTK Software

Simulate a fragmentwound to the rightventricle.

Display each organsegment as fragmenttraverses that segment.

Surfaces renderedusing VTK.

Work with programobtained GE GlobalResearch.

Gary Atkins

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Link 3D Imagery to OntologyUse Foundational Model of Anatomy and Web Services

Gary Atkins

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Injury to left ventricle of the heart. Results plotted using tcl/tk.

Model supplied by U. of Washington.

Sarah Wing

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Mathematical Visualization of the Lungs

Using Fractal Geometry

Matt Woerner

Fractal Tree CAD Model

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Visualize Arterial Fluid Flow

• Data supplied by Pearl Flath

• Convert original data toHDF5 format

• Create a SCIRun network ofmodules to compute andinterpret data

• Launch the SCIRun Viewermodule, a GUI (GraphicalUser Interface)

• Network makes possibleinteractive exploration ofscalar and vector flow fields

Jennifer Bennett

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Students learned:

Visualization

Representations of information in ontologies

Practical programming (Java, Tcl/Tk and VTK)

Integration of software components

Concepts learned are applicable to real world

IT Industry

e-Commerce

Games and animation industry

Modeling and simulation

Summary

Students Have Contributed Significantly to Virtual Human Modeling!