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Professor Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, leader of Co-Me project
7 and head of MIRALab, University of Geneva, has obtained a Marie
Curie Research Training Network entitled 3D Anatomical Human. This 3.1
million Euro project is grouping eight prestigious European
institutions, and is expected to last four years.
The goal of the project is to provide clinicians with a new
three-dimensional, functional atlas of the human anatomy, with special
emphasis on the lower limbs. To this end, University College London
will acquire high quality static and dynamic MRI images that will
allow INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France and MIRALab to model bones,
muscles, tendons, etc. of the entire leg. Aalborg University, Denmark,
and EPF Lausanne will contribute new motion analysis methods using
motion capture devices. IOR, Bologna, Italy, will provide
biomechanical soft tissues properties in order to visualise in 3D the
limbs during activities.
Visualisation (3D navigation through joints) will be developed by
the University of Geneva and CRS4, Italy. Finally, Université Libre de
Bruxelles, Belgium, will provide a Wiki based website dedicated to all
the aspects of the project. This Wiki will be at the disposal of the
whole scientific and medical European community, and even the general
public to insure the largest possible dissemination.
The impact of this project will be considerable as it will train
medical doctors and clinicians in the 3D aspects of their future
activity from the very beginning of their studies. The project
promises a rich new research environment with a shared vision and
language between computer scientists and medical specialists for
future application in different medical areas such as diagnosis,
treatment, follow-up, training, and prevention through learning
atlases, pre-operative planning tools and computer-assisted
surgery.
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