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Citation:  Bernhard Reitinger, Alexander Bornik, Reinhard Beichel, Dieter Schmalstieg, "Liver Surgery Planning Using Virtual Reality," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 26,  no. 6,  pp. 36-47,  Nov/Dec,  2006