Detailed Information on Publication Record
2019
Digital restoration of fragmentary human skeletal remains: Testing the feasibility of virtual reality
JURDA, Mikoláš, Petra URBANOVÁ and Jiří CHMELÍKBasic information
Original name
Digital restoration of fragmentary human skeletal remains: Testing the feasibility of virtual reality
Authors
JURDA, Mikoláš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Petra URBANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jiří CHMELÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Oxford, Elsevier Science, 2019, 1752-928X
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30501 Forensic science
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 1.302
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/19:00110276
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000477943900008
Keywords (in Czech)
fragmentace; restaurace; poranění kostí; virtuální realita
Keywords in English
Fragmentation; Reassembly; Skeletal injuries; Virtual approach; Virtual reality
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 11/5/2020 15:57, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.
Abstract
V originále
Experts in forensic anthropology and medicine have become gradually accustomed to examining components of the human body in the virtual workspace. While the computer-assisted approach offers numerous benefits, the interactions with digital three-dimensional biological objects are often problematic, particularly if conducted with mouse, keyboard and flat-panel screen. The study focusses on feasibility of a virtual reality (VR) system for virtual restoration of fragmentary skeletal remains. The VR system was confronted with three cases of fragmentary remains. The cases were reassembled manually by twenty participants using a HTC Vive headset combined with an in-house application A.R.T. The same task was performed using a CloudCompare software in conjunction with a desktop peripheral. The two systems were compared in terms of time efficiency, the geometric properties of the resulting restorations, and convenience of use. Restoration using the VR system took approximately half the time the desktop set-up did. The VR system also yielded a lower error rate when a severely fragmented skull was reassembled. Ultimately, although the efficiency of the reassembling was shown to be strongly dependent on the operator's experience, the use of the VR system balanced out the uneven levels of proficiency in computer graphics. The current generation of virtual reality headsets has a strong potential to facilitate and improve tasks relating to the virtual restoration of fragmented skeletal remains. A VR system offers an intuitive digital working environment which is less affected by an operator's computer skills and practical understanding of the technology than the desktop systems are.
Links
| MUNI/A/1198/2017, interní kód MU |
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| MUNI/A/1400/2018, interní kód MU |
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