MULTIMODAL DISPLAY INTERFACE FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING COMPLEX SKELETAL RECONSTRUCTIONS
The aim of the present work is to present the new software Multimod Data Manager and to show applications in the planning and monitoring of complex skeletal reconstructions in orthopedic oncology. The DataManager allows the full integration of different kind of data, particularly medical imaging data, both static as CT, SPECT or MRI, or time-varying as fluoroscopy or dynamic MRI, with motion analysis data, but also 3D computer and finite element models of bones, joints and also soft tissues. All the data can be visualized with highly interactive and specialized modalities and can be integrated to offer a complete representation of the patient anatomy. Several algorithms are implemented to allow registration and synchronization of the data. A fully 3D environment is offered to the surgeon to navigate inside the medical imaging dataset. To exemplify the use of the software we document in this paper the data processing used to investigate different specific clinical cases in the field of orthopedic oncology.