The QTVR system depicts multiple views of the same anatomy from different angles. By tilting, panning, or rotating the reconstructed images, the user can view a virtual three-dimensional tour of a neurosurgical dissection, with images acquired intraoperatively. The stereoscopic QTVR format provides depth to the montage. The system recreates the dissection environment almost completely and provides a superior anatomical frame of reference compared with the images captured by still or video photography in the operating room.

MIGRT uniquely focuses on capturing anatomic content that preserves natural appearances, including procedure, texture, and color, which is far superior and preferable to images and a reconstructed image environment based on artificial or animated concepts. MIGRT shows time-dependent changes in procedures, provides depth perception by stereoscopy or unique sequential motion, and allows simultaneous interactivity at each step of the procedure.

This paper describes a digital photo archiving and retrieval system. The system employs natural language processing technology to retrieve images based on their captions, and incorporates morphological, syntactic, and semantic information.