Development Of 3D Visualization Research Articles

MultiMap: A Tool to Automatically Extract and Analyse Spatial Microscopic Data From Large Stacks of Confocal Microscopy Images.

The development of 3D visualization and reconstruction methods to analyse microscopic structures at different levels of resolutions is of great importance to define brain microorganization and connectivity. MultiMap is a new tool that allows the visualization, 3D segmentation and quantification of fluorescent structures selectively in the neuropil from large stacks of confocal microscopy images. The major contribution of this tool is the posibility to easily navigate and create regions of interest of any shape and size within a large brain area that will be automatically 3D segmented and quantified to determine the density of puncta in the neuropil. As a proof of concept, we focused on the analysis of glutamatergic and GABAergic presynaptic axon terminals in the mouse hippocampal region to demonstrate its use as a tool to provide putative excitatory and inhibitory synaptic maps. The segmentation and quantification method has been validated over expert labeled images of the mouse hippocampus and over two benchmark datasets, obtaining comparable results to the expert detections.

3D Interactive Simulation System (3DISS) Using Multimedia Application Authoring Platform for Landscape Planning Support System

Recently, 3D simulation technology has been used as a communication tool in public meetings to facilitate public participation in planning and design development review. The development of 3D visualization that performs an interactive simulation in the Virtual Environment (VE) has grown rapidly and practiced for landscape visualization. VE technology is aimed to create a VE of urban landscape and presenting various alternatives of the landscape changes. The simulation of landscape changes is intended to perform a decision-making system in public participation. A multimedia application authoring platform has an advantage in the design of the graphical user interfaces and supported by a scripting language that can interact with external files. Through the integrated development of an interactive visualization and user interface, this application can be utilized to develop a Landscape Planning Support System. Eventually, the system is expected to attract public interest and elicit more contributions and input into urban planning.