Using Interactive 3D PDF for Exploring Complex Biomedical Data: Experiences and Solutions
Newe, A.; Becker, L.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 228: 740-744
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 27577484 Document Number: 689355
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the most commonly used file format for the exchange of electronic documents. A lesser-known feature of PDF is the possibility to embed three-dimensional models and to display these models interactively with a qualified reader. This technology is well suited to present, to explore and to communicate complex biomedical data. This applies in particular for data which would suffer from a loss of information if it was reduced to a static two-dimensional projection. In this article, we present applications of 3D PDF for selected scholarly and clinical use cases in the biomedical domain. Furthermore, we present a sophisticated tool for the generation of respective PDF documents.