@inproceedings{hinckley1997the,
author = {Hinckley, Ken and Pausch, Randy and Downs, J. Hunter and Proffitt, Dennis and Kassell, Neal F.},
title = {The Props-Based Interface for Neurosurgical Visualization},
booktitle = {MMVR5: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 5},
year = {1997},
month = {January},
abstract = {We describe a three-dimensional human-computer interface for neurosurgical visualization. The interface is based on the two-handed physical manipulation of hand-held tools, or "props", in free space. These user interface "props" facilitate transfer of the user's skills for manipulating tools with two hands to the operation of a user interface for visualizing 3D medical images, without need for training. The interface allows neurosurgeons to explore a 3D MRI scan of a patient's brain during presurgical planning. From the surgeon's perspective, the interface is analogous to holding a miniature head in one hand which can be "sliced open" or "pointed to" using a cross-sectioning plane or a stylus tool, respectively, held in the other hand. Cross-sectioning a 3D volume, for example, simply requires the surgeon to hold a plastic plate (held in the preferred hand) up to the miniature head (held in the nonpreferred hand) to demonstrate the desired cross-section.},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/the-props-based-interface-for-neurosurgical-visualization/},
edition = {MMVR5: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 5},
}