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Real-time Web-based Interactive 3D Visualization of Cadaveric CT Imaging for Radiologic Anatomy Correlation in Human Anatomy Education
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, Mayo Clinic, United States ; , , Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, United States ; , Mayo Clinic, United States ; , , Vital Images, Inc., United States

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-60-0 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

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Abstract

The first-year medical curriculum at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine includes a 6-week long block of gross and Radiologic anatomy. Prior to students' dissection, each cadaver was scanned with a high resolution CT scanner. During various didactic activities and at each dissection table interactive volumetric color 3D renderings and multi-planar reconstructions of these cadavers as well as de-identified reference datasets from normal clinical studies are available. These images are streamed to laptops in the anatomy laboratory through web-based software from a central rendering server (ViTALConnect R, Vital Images, Inc.). The combined anatomy/radiology curriculum with the addition of image renderings allows for better integration of specific structures encountered during dissection with their images as they would be seen in a living patient. The exposure of medical students to modern clinical imaging techniques allows for better integration of anatomy and pathology apparent on clinical radiology studies utilized for patient care.

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Bartholmai, B.J., Pawlina, W., Carmichael, S.W., Barlow, J.M., Hennen, R. & Warnke, E. (2006). Real-time Web-based Interactive 3D Visualization of Cadaveric CT Imaging for Radiologic Anatomy Correlation in Human Anatomy Education. In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2006--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1040-1045). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 12, 2024 from .

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