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Server-based Approach to Web Visualization of Integrated Three-dimensional Brain Imaging Data

Affiliations of the authors: Structural Informatics Group, Department of Biological Structure (AVP, EA, KPH, RFM, JFB); Department of Psychology, (DPC); Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (GO).

Correspondence and reprints: Andrew V. Poliakov, PhD, Structural Informatics Group, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; e-mail: <poliakov{at}u.washington.edu>.

Received for publication: 08/12/04; accepted for publication: 10/16/04.

The authors describe a client-server approach to three-dimensional (3-D) visualization of neuroimaging data, which enables researchers to visualize, manipulate, and analyze large brain imaging datasets over the Internet. All computationally intensive tasks are done by a graphics server that loads and processes image volumes and 3-D models, renders 3-D scenes, and sends the renderings back to the client. The authors discuss the system architecture and implementation and give several examples of client applications that allow visualization and analysis of integrated language map data from single and multiple patients.