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Title:
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CHUB: A CARTOGRAPHIC HUMAN BODY MODEL |
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Author(s):
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Elizabeth Carvalho , Maribel Yasmina Santos , Adérito Marcos |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-39-3 |
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Editors:
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António Palma dos Reis, Katherine Blashki and Yingcai Xiao (series editors:Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Information Visualization, Visualization in Medicine, Visualization Applications, Cartographic Model, Hydrokinetic
Therapy. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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27 |
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Last Page:
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34 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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There are several ways of analyzing and modeling the human body and its associated morphological and physiological
data. Most of the models, used to analyze, to process and to visualize these data, do not take into account the strong
spatial interdependency inherent to human bodys functioning. For instance, a disease in the liver might impact in several
other organs. These models usually treat morphological and physiological data in a full independent and isolated way.
This happens because they are not spatially oriented. The human body can be compared to a map, being composed by
different parts and layers of information. The possibility of combining these layers using spatial algebraic operations,
introduces a new degree of information insight. Because of these characteristics, it is important to consider and evaluate
the development and usage of a cartographic based model to analyze, represent and visualize human bodys data. This is
the main goal of the CHUB (Cartographic Human Body) model, which will be introduced in this paper. |
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