BodyParts3D Release Note

BodyParts3D Release Note (Release 3.0, 2011/6/20)

1. What's new

The following two main points have been updated since the previous version (Rel. 2.0, 2010/4/28).

The central nervous system (so-called brain) have been refined and newly created based on the following anatomy textbooks, charts and reference atlases.
- Anatomy textbooks
- Reference atlases
Inclusion relations between body parts in the conventional tree of "Bp3d Viewer" were semi-automatically generated.
- The relations are used to define a composite part that is composed of multiple parts. For example, a part named "nervous system" is defined as a combination of a part named "central nervous system" and "peripheral nervous system" based on a relation that the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system are included in the nervous system.
- The relations are defined as a union of "is-a" and "part-of" relationships in Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) [7][8] and the relations derived from the indentations in the list of Latest Anatomical Terms [9], which is based on Terminologia Anatomica Japonica [10].
- The hierarchy of "is-a" and "part-of" relationships in FMA [7][8] is deep. To make the height of the navigation tree as small as possible, the internal nodes are limited to body parts that are included in both FMA [7][8] and Latest Anatomical Terms [9].

The models have been refined and created in detail.

2. Attentions in use

There are some incomplete parts since BodyParts3D is being improved.

Some parts in the release 3.0 are not contained in the release 2.0. Missing parts are not displayed when you switch the release number in the drop-down list from 3.0 to 2.0.
Organs might be spatially overlapped or unnecessary spaces might exist.
Tube-shaped organs like vessels and trachea are made as solids.
At this time BodyParts3D does not contain all the anatomical terms/concepts in Terminologia Anatomica Japonica [10] or anatomy ontologies like FMA [7] [8] because BodyParts3D contains only organs that already have been created as 3D-models.
Some inclusion relations can be missing or false ones can exist because they are semi-automatically generated,

3. The number of body parts (organs)

Organ system	# of parts
cardinal body part	38
set of immaterial anatomical entities	40
skeletal system	293
articular system	54
muscular system	699
alimentary system	58
alimentary system/endocrine system	1
respiratory system	18
thorax	5
thorax/cardiovascular system	2
urinary system	9
genital system	25
endocrine system	6
cardiovascular system	102
lymphoid system	6
nervous system	156
sense organ system	4
integumentary system	7
Total	1523

4. Coordinate system of BodyParts3D

5. Release history

Release 3.0: 2011/6/20
Release 2.0: 2010/4/28
Release 1.0: 2009/2/9

6. References

1. Nieuwenhuys R, Voogd J, Huijzen, CV: The Human Central Nervous System 4th edition: Springer; 2008.
2. Mai JK, Paxinos G, Voss T: Atlas of the Human Brain, Third Edition: Academic Press; 2007.
3. Standring S: Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice, Expert Consult 40th edition: Churchill Livingstone; 2008.
4. Schünke M, Schulte E, Schumacher, Udo: Prometheus Kopf, Hals und Neuroanatomie: Thieme; 2009.
5. SPL-PNL Brain Atlas 2008 March, http://www.spl.harvard.edu/publications/item/view/1265.
6. Talairach Label Data, http://www.talairach.org/.
7. Rosse C, Mejino JLV: A reference ontology for biomedical informatics: the Foundational Model of Anatomy. Journal of Biomedical Informatics 2003, 36(6):478-500.
8. Foundational Model of Anatomy (subset), http://www.obofoundry.org/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?id=fma_lite
9. Latest Anatomical Terms, http://web.sc.itc.keio.ac.jp/anatomy/TA/TA-contents.html; 2007.
10. The Japanese Association of Anatomists: Terminologia Anatomica Japonica, 13th Edition: Igaku-shoin; 2007.