The Virtual Kidney: A 3D anatomical interface.

Peter J Harris: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and health Sciences

The 3D "virtual kidney" allows exploration of structure and function and provides access to experimental data and mathematical models. A translucent reconstruction shows contours of the major regions and examples of individual tubules. The user can rotate the kidney, display individual structures, and zoom in on any portion. Selection of structures provides links to the database search and to the literature.

Collaborators:, Bill Appelbe, Andrew Bonollo, Raj Buyya, Xingchen Chu, Peter Hunter, Andrew Lonie, Belinda May, and S Randall Thomas.