Biomedical Visualization Laboratory Intro

http://www.bvis.uic.edu/ (World Wide Web Directory, 06/1995)

The Biomedical Visualization Laboratory designs software solutions to biomedical problems, develops simulations of biological systems, develops visual biological databases, and educational multimedia applications for education and forensic communication. The educational programs in Biomedical Visualization are specialized tracks leading to MS/PhD degrees in Electrical Engineeering and Computer Science (a collaboration with the Electronic Visualization Laboratory) or to MS/PhD degrees with Bioengineering.

The Mission of the Laboratory is to develop visualization tools and algorithms for the "Grand Challenge" areas in biomedical applications:

Defining reliable geometric characterizations of organs, organ systems and organisms for analysis and shape change.
LEGO: A Visualization Package for 3D Laser Scanned Objects
Creating hierarchical object-oriented databases of biogical structure and related data to form simulations and animations of time-dependent changes in biological processes.
Modeling the Human Eye and Orbit
Image segementation of multimodality volumentric data
Visible Embryo Project
Determine baseline mathematical population norms through development of morphometric analysis techniques
Dissemination of knowledge through multisensorory, multimultimodality technology, and through networked environments and the analysis of cognition.
Virtual Collections
The Field Museum of Natural History Experimental WWW Server
Medical Image Store

The Biomedical Visualization Laboratory is at the nexus of computer science and information technology with the biological sciences and communication arts. Application of the technology in this environment allows information to be processed and interacted with in historially unprecentented ways. The result will be the emergence of the entirely new discipline of Biomedical Image Science.

If you like to learn more, please contact:

Lewis L. Sadler                        Phone: 1-312-996-7337
Biomedical Visualization Laboratory    Fax  : 1-312-996-8342
1919 W. Taylor   M/C 527
Chicago, IL 60612                      Email: sadler@eecs.uic.edu