Internet-based Medical Data Rendering and Image Enhancement Using Webgl and Apache Server

Internet-based medical data visualization has wide applications in distributed medical collaborations and treatment. It can be achieved through volume rendering technique, which is a key method for medical image exploration and has been applied to the clinical medical fields such as disease diagnosis and image-guided interaction.In this project, we implement some medical data processing and optical mapping methods for web-based medical data visualization and image enhancement. The Web Graphics Library (WebGL) is used with JavaScript for rendering 3D graphics in a web browser. WebGL supports GPU based volume rendering which is an efficient tool for visual analysis of medical data, which involves vertex shaders and fragment shaders. The vertex shader provides space coordinates, and the fragment shader provides color.Network-based volume rendering is used to visualize data in a 3D form. An image processing method is implemented to transfer the 3D dataset into multiple slices of 2D image data and WebGL is employed to render 3D medical data in web browsers. Volume rendering is accomplished using the volume ray casting algorithm implemented with WebGL2. We collect new medical data and process them to fit the web-based rendering environment. The submitted work will explain the process of preparing and loading medical data suitable to be rendered. All the visualized data can be enhanced with the developed methods to emphasize the image feature of interest. We also add new control points for optical mapping and rendering medical data in a web browser in real-time. The software platform is running on Apache Web Server for network-based data visualization. The developed image enhancements and property control methods can improve medical data visualization on web browsers, which will be helpful for internet-based medical data analysis and exploration, as well as medical diagnosis and treatment.https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/ursit/1000/thumbnail.jp

Semi-automated creation of converged iTV services: From macromedia director simulations to services ready for broadcast

While sound and video may capture viewers’ attention, interaction can captivate them. This has not been available prior to the advent of Digital Television. In fact, what lies at the heart of the Digital Television revolution is this new type of interactive content, offered in the form of interactive Television (iTV) services. On top of that, the new world of converged networks has created a demand for a new type of converged services on a range of mobile terminals (Tablet PCs, PDAs and mobile phones). This paper aims at presenting a new approach to service creation that allows for the semi-automatic translation of simulations and rapid prototypes created in the accessible desktop multimedia authoring package Macromedia Director into services ready for broadcast. This is achieved by a series of tools that de-skill and speed-up the process of creating digital TV user interfaces (UI) and applications for mobile terminals. The benefits of rapid prototyping are essential for the production of these new types of services, and are therefore discussed in the first section of this paper. In the following sections, an overview of the operation of content, service, creation and management sub-systems is presented, which illustrates why these tools compose an important and integral part of a system responsible of creating, delivering and managing converged broadcast and telecommunications services. The next section examines a number of metadata languages candidates for describing the iTV services user interface and the schema language adopted in this project. A detailed description of the operation of the two tools is provided to offer an insight of how they can be used to de-skill and speed-up the process of creating digital TV user interfaces and applications for mobile terminals. Finally, representative broadcast oriented and telecommunication oriented converged service components are also introduced, demonstrating how these tools have been used to generate different types of services

The internet milieu: individualization within a globalised community

Communication technologies have become deeply embedded in our lives, mediating the ways in which information is presented. Due to the global nature of this channel of communication, the world has shrunk and members of the internet may share similar cultural norms of thinking and behaving. Yet, paradoxically, the Internet is personal in that each individual has an interactive opportunity in choosing the options that can expand the breadth and depth of the information they are reading, who they interact with, and the means to achieve that interaction. These options can be expressed through a variety of media techniques. This paper is based on a study of selected websites hosted in English. It looks at language use in the Internet and illustrates the paradoxes between global and individual mediations of meanin

Web interfaces to enhance CAL materials: Case studies from law and statistics

One impact of the ‘information age’ is that a variety of new learning resources have become available to both students and tutors. Using these resources effectively and with a sound pedagogical basis presents a whole array of issues for teaching professionals. In this paper the authors describe the development and implementation of a Web interface to existing computer‐based learning materials in an attempt to enhance the student learning experience. Although the innovations occurred in two very different disciplines ‐statistics and law ‐ there are common lessons to be learned about the process of learning and the use of technology

A review of data visualization: opportunities in manufacturing sequence management.

Data visualization now benefits from developments in technologies that offer innovative ways of presenting complex data. Potentially these have widespread application in communicating the complex information domains typical of manufacturing sequence management environments for global enterprises. In this paper the authors review the visualization functionalities, techniques and applications reported in literature, map these to manufacturing sequence information presentation requirements and identify the opportunities available and likely development paths. Current leading-edge practice in dynamic updating and communication with suppliers is not being exploited in manufacturing sequence management; it could provide significant benefits to manufacturing business. In the context of global manufacturing operations and broad-based user communities with differing needs served by common data sets, tool functionality is generally ahead of user application