AustinWoman Electromagnetic Voxels An Open Source Model Constructed from the Visible Human Dataset

• Introduction
• Methodology
• Homogeneous Model
• Assumptions
  • Image Shifts
  • Tissue Material Assumptions
  • Problem Regions
  • Electromagnetic Material Properties
• Known Errors
• Citing the Model
• Acknowledgements
• Conditions of Use
• Contact
• FAQ
• References
• Download Data
  • AustinWoman v2.6
  • BRISKit + Segments
• AustinMan Page

 

 

 

Introduction

AustinWoman is a voxel model of the human body that is being developed for electromagnetic simulations from the National Library of Medicine’s Visible Human Project data set [1]. The model is available to the public at http://web.corral.tacc.utexas.edu/AustinManEMVoxels under these conditions of use. The authors have chosen an “open source” model that is easily accessible and verifiable. The authors encourage users to improve the model and submit new versions to this website for distribution. The model is freely available for research, teaching, or other non-commercial uses.

This website describes the methodology used to develop the AustinWoman model. A more detailed description of the methodology and visualizations can be found in Creating AustinMan: An Electromagnetic Voxel Model of the Visible Human [2].

This work was presented in 2016 at the 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in Orlando, FL. The conference proceedings will soon be available on IEEE Xplore and the presentation is available here [3].

This work was also presented in 2012 at the Bioelectromagnetic Society's 34th Annual Meeting in Brisbane, Australia. The conference proceedings are available on the society's website and the presentation is available here [4].

Versions

4/10/2018	AustinWoman v2.6. Whole-body model.
5/26/2017	AustinWoman v2.5. Whole-body model. Changes for this model include: added/improved nerves in pelvis and legs.
11/15/2016	CST material file corected for AustinWoman v2.4.
10/15/2016	CST format added for AustinWoman v2.4. Updated FAQ to reflect latest changes.
8/18/2016	AustinWoman v2.4. Whole-body model. Changes for this model include: added/improved nerves in neck, arms, spine, and near the sacrum; also updated the CSF boundaries near the spinal cord and cleaned up the CSF region inside the skull; cleaned bones near the brain to ensure grey matter is correctly enclosed; updated thin diaphragm to be more continuous.
5/11/2016	HDF5 format added for AustinWoman v2.3 for use with gprMax. Updated FAQ to reflect latest changes.
4/6/2016	Additional file formats added for AustinWoman v2.3. Updated FAQ to reflect latest changes.
2/1/2016	AustinWoman v2.3. Whole-body model. Changes for this model include: blood vessels added and improved in forearms and wrists (slices 1585—1698 for left arm and slices 1610—1731 for right arm); tendon in right wrist (slices 1697—1710); “dark” tendon, tendon, muscle, and fat boundaries improved in legs; vaccuum and air changed and updated to external air and internal air; colon internal, duodenum internal, small intestine internal, and stomach internal changed to use muscle material properties.
2/27/2015	AustinWoman v2.1. Whole-body model. Changes for this model include: tissues in brain stem separated into pons, midbrain, and medulla; improved bone cortical / bone marrow boundary throughout entire model; a rotation to better align the legs at slice 2331; linear scaling in transition region of saw kerf (slices 1975—1981); adrenal gland added to slices 1533—1595; several known errors addressed.
10/31/2014	BRISKit is now hosted on github to encourage continued open-source development.
10/22/2014	AustinWoman v2.0. Added .unv file format for download.
2/5/2014	AustinWoman v2.0. Whole-body model.
9/10/2013	AustinWoman v1.2. Partial-body model. Includes slices 1001—2327 from the head down to just below the knees.
2/4/2013	AustinWoman v1.1. Partial-body model. Includes head, neck, and part of the thorax from slices 1001—1441.
9/16/2012	AustinWoman v1.0. Partial-body model. Includes head and neck from slices 1001—1290.

AustinWoman Electromagnetic Voxels by J. W. Massey, E. Celik, C. S. Geyik, J. Choi, H.-J. Lee, C. Hsu, and A. E. Yılmaz
is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at
http://web.corral.tacc.utexas.edu/AustinManEMVoxels/AustinWoman/conditions_of_use/.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number OCI-0904907. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.