The South American “Visible The South American “Visible Human” Mirror SiteHuman” Mirror Site

The Center for Biomedical The Center for Biomedical InformaticsInformatics

State University of CampinasState University of Campinas

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

SA-VHD Project LeadersSA-VHD Project Leaders

Concept and SupervisionConcept and Supervision– Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhDRenato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD

Director, Center for Biomedical InformaticsDirector, Center for Biomedical InformaticsProfessor and Chair, Medical Informatics,Professor and Chair, Medical Informatics,Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMPFaculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP

Current Project DirectorCurrent Project Director– Francesco Langone, PhDFrancesco Langone, PhD

Associate Director, Center for Biomedical InformaticsAssociate Director, Center for Biomedical InformaticsAssistant Professor, Anatomy and Physiology, Institute of Biology,Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Physiology, Institute of Biology, UNICAMPUNICAMP

Founding Project DirectorFounding Project Director– Silvia Helena Cardoso, PhDSilvia Helena Cardoso, PhD

Associate Researcher, Center for Biomedical InformaticsAssociate Researcher, Center for Biomedical InformaticsDistance Education Project CoordinatorDistance Education Project CoordinatorEditor-in-Chief, Brain & Mind MagazineEditor-in-Chief, Brain & Mind Magazine

The Location The Location of VHD of VHD CampinasCampinas

Southeast regionSoutheast regionState of São PauloState of São PauloTropic of CapricornTropic of CapricornSubtropical zoneSubtropical zone80 km north of S.Paulo80 km north of S.Paulo

What is CampinasWhat is Campinas Second largest city of São Second largest city of São

Paulo statePaulo state 15th largest Brazilian city15th largest Brazilian city 920.000 inhabitants920.000 inhabitants Center of a metropolitan Center of a metropolitan

area with 22 cities and 2.5 area with 22 cities and 2.5 million inhabitantsmillion inhabitants

4,500 industries4,500 industriesBrazilian “Sillicon Valley”Brazilian “Sillicon Valley”IBM, Compaq, Motorola, IBM, Compaq, Motorola, Lucent, Northern TelecomLucent, Northern Telecom

10% of Brazil’s GNP10% of Brazil’s GNP

What Is UNICAMPWhat Is UNICAMP One of the three best One of the three best

universities of South Americauniversities of South America 18700 students (42% graduate)18700 students (42% graduate) 2000 faculty (90 % full-time, 80 2000 faculty (90 % full-time, 80

% doctors)% doctors) 20 schools and institutes20 schools and institutes 42 undergraduate and 120 42 undergraduate and 120

graduate coursesgraduate courses 1000 dissertations per year, 1000 dissertations per year,

6200 research projects6200 research projects 5000 Internet nodes5000 Internet nodes US$ 530 million budgetUS$ 530 million budget

The Center for Biomedical The Center for Biomedical InformaticsInformatics

Interdisciplinary research Interdisciplinary research unit, founded 1983unit, founded 1983

Advanced projects in AIM, Advanced projects in AIM, distance education, virtual distance education, virtual communities, electronic communities, electronic publications, image publications, image processing, multimedia.processing, multimedia.

Largest Internet health Largest Internet health information site in Latin information site in Latin AmericaAmerica

Masters and Doctoral post-Masters and Doctoral post-graduate coursegraduate course

www.nib.unicamp.brwww.nib.unicamp.br

NIB/UNICAMP Internet NIB/UNICAMP Internet ProjectsProjects

www.hospvirt.org.brwww.hospvirt.org.br

www.epub.org.brwww.epub.org.br

The Brazilian Virtual The Brazilian Virtual HospitalHospital

The Brazilian Virtual The Brazilian Virtual Veterinary HospitalVeterinary Hospital

The Virtual Dental The Virtual Dental CenterCenter

The Virtual Sports The Virtual Sports CenterCenter

Virtual Health Virtual Health Sciences UniversitySciences University

The e*pub GroupThe e*pub Group

Medical Informatics Medical Informatics EducationEducation

Since 1985Since 1985 Medical and Nursing Medical and Nursing

undergraduatesundergraduates Medicine and Biomedical Medicine and Biomedical

Engineering graduatesEngineering graduates Courses on Internet Courses on Internet

technologiestechnologies Courses on multimedia Courses on multimedia

technologiestechnologies Artificial Intelligence in Artificial Intelligence in

MedicineMedicine Applications in medical Applications in medical

educationeducation

The e*pub ProjectThe e*pub ProjectEditorial ProductionEditorial Production

www.epub.org.br

Present StatusPresent Status

A contract with NLM was signed on A contract with NLM was signed on October 1996 (Brazilian Embassy, October 1996 (Brazilian Embassy, Washington, DC)Washington, DC)

Experimental server was set up in Experimental server was set up in December 1996December 1996– Sun Netrai with 9 Gb disk and 10 Mbps Sun Netrai with 9 Gb disk and 10 Mbps

connectionconnection– Complete male head segmentComplete male head segment– HP RISC workstation with 3DViewNixHP RISC workstation with 3DViewNix– FTP service of raw and JPG imagesFTP service of raw and JPG images

Present StatusPresent Status

Digital 2000 Alpha Server acquired Digital 2000 Alpha Server acquired (donation by pharmaceutical company)(donation by pharmaceutical company)– 256 Mb RAM, 108 Gb disk256 Mb RAM, 108 Gb disk– 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet and 155 Mbps ATM 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet and 155 Mbps ATM

connectionsconnections– FTP service of full male/female VHDFTP service of full male/female VHD

Origin SGI workstation to be acquiredOrigin SGI workstation to be acquired– WebForce multimedia serverWebForce multimedia server– VRML serverVRML server

VHD Dissemination ActivitiesVHD Dissemination Activities

Starting October 1996, participation in Starting October 1996, participation in conferences, technical exhibits, talks and conferences, technical exhibits, talks and lectures in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguaylectures in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

Papers about SA-VHD on several medical Papers about SA-VHD on several medical informatics magazinesinformatics magazines

Interviews and reports with the press Interviews and reports with the press (main newspapers and weekly (main newspapers and weekly magazines) in Brazil and Argentinamagazines) in Brazil and Argentina

TV interviewsTV interviews

Brazilian Internet Brazilian Internet ConnectivityConnectivity

Brazilian Internet StatisticsBrazilian Internet Statistics

Access started in 1989Access started in 1989 50,000 users in April 1995, limited to the 50,000 users in April 1995, limited to the

academic sectoracademic sector Opened to commercial access in Opened to commercial access in

September 1995September 1995 Growth rate of 1,800% a yearGrowth rate of 1,800% a year Presently 2,500,000 users, 70% of Latin Presently 2,500,000 users, 70% of Latin

America hosts, main information provider America hosts, main information provider south of the USAsouth of the USA

Current SA-VHD ProjectsCurrent SA-VHD Projects

SA-VHD Home Page (Portuguese and Spanish) since SA-VHD Home Page (Portuguese and Spanish) since August 1996August 1996

Use in public education (neuroscience on-line Use in public education (neuroscience on-line magazine - Brain & Mind)magazine - Brain & Mind)

Use in a Virtual Neurobiology Course (WWW)Use in a Virtual Neurobiology Course (WWW) 3D reconstruction (3DViewNix) - course and projects3D reconstruction (3DViewNix) - course and projects Multimedia anatomic atlases - neuroanatomy and Multimedia anatomic atlases - neuroanatomy and

general sectional anatomy (WWW)general sectional anatomy (WWW) Automatic and semi-automatic segmentation of Automatic and semi-automatic segmentation of

brain images using neural networks and polygon brain images using neural networks and polygon fittingfitting

Brain & Mind MagazineBrain & Mind Magazine

www.epub.org.br/cmwww.epub.org.br/cm

Using VHD images toUsing VHD images toteach neurosciencesteach neurosciencesto the non-specializedto the non-specializedpublicpublic

Virtual Neurobiology CourseVirtual Neurobiology Course

Module:Module:The StructureThe Structureof the Brainof the Brain

Multimedia Neuroanatomic AtlasMultimedia Neuroanatomic Atlas

Virtual Anatomic AtlasVirtual Anatomic Atlas

CharacteristicsCharacteristics

Developed in HTML and JAVA for Developed in HTML and JAVA for delivery over the WWWdelivery over the WWW

Self-study of sectional anatomy Self-study of sectional anatomy using the Visible Human frozen using the Visible Human frozen section image basesection image base

Interactive labelling of anatomical Interactive labelling of anatomical structuresstructures

Self-quiz modeSelf-quiz mode

Development MethodologiesDevelopment Methodologies

Platform-independent software Platform-independent software toolstools

JAVA applets for local image JAVA applets for local image control (zoom, brightness and control (zoom, brightness and contrast), structural identification contrast), structural identification and quizzingand quizzing

JAVA scripting and cookies for JAVA scripting and cookies for contextual annotationcontextual annotation

Virtual Anatomic AtlasVirtual Anatomic Atlas

JAVA Anatomic ViewerJAVA Anatomic Viewer

Anatomic Quiz ModeAnatomic Quiz Mode

Active Anatomic NotepadActive Anatomic Notepad

Future ScenariosFuture Scenarios

Stepping up the dissemination of VHD Stepping up the dissemination of VHD in South Americain South America

DVD-based offerings of the complete DVD-based offerings of the complete VHDVHD

Functional/Anatomic virtual textbooks Functional/Anatomic virtual textbooks for distance education supportfor distance education support

High performance graphics High performance graphics applications (gigabit networking)applications (gigabit networking)

Contact InformationContact Information

Renato M.E. SabbatiniRenato M.E. SabbatiniCenter for Biomedical Center for Biomedical InformaticsInformaticsState University of CampinasState University of Campinas

PO Box 6005, Campinas SP PO Box 6005, Campinas SP 13081-97013081-970BrazilBrazil

Phone +55 19 289-9800Phone +55 19 289-9800 Fax +55 19 788 7130Fax +55 19 788 7130 Email: Email:

sabbatin@nib.unicamp.brsabbatin@nib.unicamp.br