Bug Report: Mismatch Between Organ Model and Body Model Orientations

[danqaurooni]

Some organ models are not correctly oriented in the body in the RUI, which creates confusion in the registration process. For example in the image below, the heart model is laid down sideways but the body in the top right corner is standing upright:

This might be due to the default orientation of the organ models, i.e. whether they are upright or sideways.

[LibbyUX]

Hi @bherr2, I wanted to ping you with this new issue from Dan. Please let me know if you need any design work from me on this.

@danqaurooni, besides the heart, are there any other organs that need to be oriented differently?

[bherr2]

The orientation is exactly how it is in the body facing the anterior. Compare the RUI rendering (full opacity) to this shot from the EUI

[danqaurooni]

@danqaurooni, besides the heart, are there any other organs that need to be oriented differently?

@LibbyUX Heart is the only one I've seen so far but I'll keep an eye out and let you know if I discover more.

[LibbyUX]

@bherr2 & @danqaurooni, from what I understand, this organ has been through review and release cycles, but we need to make this easier for our experts registering data.

I have questions to see how best I can help this issue:

• @danqaurooni - How many users have you spoken to about this issue? What were their suggestions?
• What would you suggest as a solution for this organ?
  • Is this something we need to get on Heidi's desk to correct with a new version of the 3D medical illustration for the heart?
  • Or, is this something that can be addressed in the app design?
• @bherr2, would you consider this a bug or a feature request?

[bherr2]

From what I see it is oriented in exactly the same way as it is placed in the body. As such, it is working as expected and is not a bug.

There was a feature @axdanbol and I explored years ago where we tried to allow the RUI to have custom rotations to match how biologists would orient a heart when cutting out tissue, but it ended up being technically infeasible at the time. We could look into trying this again, but I warn that it is harder than it looks.