Web-based three-dimensional Virtual Body Structures: W3D-VBS.

Full Abstract

Major efforts are being made to improve the teaching of human anatomy to foster cognition of visuospatial relationships. The Visible Human Project of the National Library of Medicine makes it possible to create virtual reality-based applications for teaching anatomy. Integration of traditional cadaver and illustration-based methods with Internet-based simulations brings us closer to this goal. Web-based three-dimensional Virtual Body Structures (W3D-VBS) is a next-generation immersive anatomical training system for teaching human anatomy over the Internet. It uses Visible Human data to dynamically explore, select, extract, visualize, manipulate, and stereoscopically palpate realistic virtual body structures with a haptic device. Tracking user's progress through evaluation tools helps customize lesson plans. A self-guided "virtual tour" of the whole body allows investigation of labeled virtual dissections repetitively, at any time and place a user requires it.

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Author information

Author/s: Temkin, Bharti (B); Acosta, Eric (E); Hatfield, Paul (P); Onal, Erhan (E); Tong, Alex (A);

Affiliation: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA. Bharti.Temkin@coe.ttu.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA (J Am Med Inform Assoc), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Sep-Oct; vol 9 (issue 5) : pp 425-36

Dates: Created 2002/09/11; Completed 2002/10/08; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12223495, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentIn: J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2002 Sep-Oct;9(5):554-6. (PMID: 12223507)

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Anatomy - education
Anatomy, Cross-Sectional
Computer-Assisted Instruction - methods
Humans

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