Generic Visualization and Manipulation Framework for Three-Dimensional Medical Environments

We present a visualization and manipulation framework for three-dimensional medical environments. The MVC architecture of the. framework allows the use of different API technologies such us OpenGL and DirectSD, different model representations, and controllers. This facilitates the implementation of medical applications offering resources commonly needed by such systems. Two case studies are shown as examples of such applications

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