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Last modified: Mon Jan 22 09:05:22 EST 2007
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Cut-away views:
Cut-away views provide the ability to explore and view in 3 dimensions
the enlarged images of the front (coronal), side (sagittal), and the top
(axial) of the entire male body. Enlarged views from user selected areas
on each of the three thumbnails are displayed in detailed popup windows by
clicking on the desired area of the thumbnails. The detailed window
for axial view allows for interactive display of labels of the chest area
structure under the mouse cursor.
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Blue hair lines acrross the 3 views:
The blue lines control the location of the X-Y-Z axis (planes) providing
the cut away views of the body in three directions. They also represent
the linkage between the 3 views where moving a line on one view adjusts the
other views. The lines are:
- The vertical blue line on sagittal view: represents the
location of the Y plane, therefore selecting the slice of coronal view.
- The horizontal blue line on coronal view: represents the
location of the Z plane, therefore controlling the slice of axial view.
- The vertical blue line on Axial view: represents the location
of the X plane, therefore controlling the slice of sagittal view.
- The horizontal blue line on Axial view: represents the location
of the Y plane, therefore controlling the slice of coronal view.
The blue hair lines can be moved by clicking on the arrow buttons under
the corresponding view. The left and right arrow buttons move the horizontal
lines incrementally. The up and down arrows are for moving vertical lines
by pre defined increments. Alternatively the lines can be dragged by simultaneously
pressing the SHIFT key and the LEFT mouse button while moving the mouse.
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Blue selection boxes across the 3 views:
It controls the area of the thumbnail image for which the
detailed image is desired. The selection box moves to the
location of the mouse click and resulting in a pop up window
showing the detailed image of the selected area.
Alternatively the selection box can be dragged by pressing the
left mouse button while moving the mouse. The size of the
selection box is adjustable through detail window size menu
described below.
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Sagittal View:
It provides a cut away slice from the side of the body. The blue hair line
on sagittal view controls the location of the Y-plane and the coronal (front)
view of the body. The hair line can be moved by clicking on the arrow buttons
under the sagittal view. The left arrow button moves the coronal view towards
the back of the body, whereas the right arrow button moves the coronal view
toward the front of the body. Alternatively the hair line can be dragged
by simultaneously pressing the SHIFT key and the left mouse button while
moving the mouse.
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Coronal View:
It provides a cut away slice from the front of the body. The
blue hair line on coronal view controls the location of the
Z-plane and the axial (front) view of the body. The hair
line can be moved by clicking on the arrow buttons under the
view. The up arrow button moves the axial view towards the
top of the body whereas the down arrow button moves the axial
view toward the bottom of the body. Alternatively the hair
line can be dragged by simultaneously pressing the SHIFT key
and the left mouse button while moving the mouse.
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Axial View:
It provides a cut away slice from the top of the body. The
blue horizontal hair line on the view controls the location
of the Y-plane and the visible coronal (front) view of the
body. The hair line can be moved by clicking on the up/down
arrow buttons under the view. The up arrow button moves the
coronal view towards the back of the body whereas the down
arrow button moves the coronal view toward the front of the
body.
The blue vertical hair line on the axial view controls the
location of the X-plane and the visible sagittal (side) view
of the body. The hair line can be moved by clicking on the
left/right arrow buttons under the view. The left arrow
button moves the sagittal view towards the left of the body
(from our view point) whereas the down arrow button moves the
sagittal view toward the right of the body. Alternatively
the hair lines can be dragged by simultaneously pressing the
SHIFT key and the left mouse button while moving the mouse.
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Detailed image pop up window:
It displays the enlarged image of the selected area from the
sagittal, coronal, and axial thumbnail views. Clicking on
the desired area of any of the thumbnails opens up the pop
up window. Pop up windows can be closed via the windows
close button. Many pop up windows can be left open
depending on the size of your computer memory. Currently one
detailed window is opened and reused in order to prevent
clients from inadvertently running out of memory. The
ability to open up and manage multiple detailed windows side
by side for comparison, will be made available soon.
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The viewer menus:
They control the attributes of the displayed images - size and compression.
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