Output details

Technical validation of the Di3D

stereophotogrammetry surface imaging system

This body of work builds upon the ‘static Skeletal Joe’ (Magee 2006) for for which a RCUK grant continued 2006-2012 that funded 2 Academic Fellows in Digital Human Visualisation and Articulation. Dr Magee was the Principal Investigator (EP/E500676/1). The post 2008 Skeletal Joe research was significantly further developed as an articulated digital model for entire spine, full Range of Motion (ROM). 3D computer modelling and animation accurately interprets clinical data well beyond normal, conventional text-based methods. Poster presentations first disseminated to clinical audiences at the HPSS Musculoskeletal & Rehabilitation Translational Research Group (2009), of which Dr Magee is a PI member. This is a national research group of clinical professionals and academics across Northern Ireland. The Digital Human team are the only 3 members from an Art and Design discipline. The poster “Skeletal Joe articulated” was peer reviewed and published at the 2nd Transitional Medicine Conference, 2010, Derry. The practical outcomes of “Articulated Joe” was presented under the title “Launch of the Digital Human Exhibition- Skeletal Joe Articulation: A Digital Model” at ISEA 2009 as a conference presentation and accompanied the launch of the Digital Human Project Exhibition (Magee, Cullen, Quigley 2009). It featured as a conference presentation to an animation and games audience at Imagine Create 2009 under the title of “Guilty of Digital Human Exploration”. The digital model was also integrated into the Working Voice project (2010-2013) led by researchers in the School of Communication (Hazlett et al) . The specific role of the model is to realistically communicate postural issues which impact on vocal strain. The design team (Magee, Cullen, Quigley) are IP shareholders (10%) in this specific project, which is under commercial discussions with the world leader in call centre headset (Plantronix).