The University of Sheffield
Department of Computer Science

Christopher O'Brien Undergraduate Dissertation 2005/06

"Visualising Anatomical Models of the Heart"

Supervised by Dr RH Clayton

Abstract

Existing models of the heart use finite element models and prolate spheroidal coordinate systems to generate data consisting of a set of parallel planes along with fibre geometry. Visualization of this data is important for characterising these models and help understand the link between structure and function of the hearts. I describe in this report what techniques can be used to represent the data graphically in three dimensions and what tools can be used to solve the problems faced in creating the required visualization tool. I then describe how I created such a visualisation tool.