Web-based interactive 3D visualization as a tool for improved anatomy learning

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Petersson, Helge ^a   Sinkvist, David ^a   Wang, Chunliang ^a   Smedby, Örjan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anatomy studies; Medical students; OsiriX; Segmentation; Study aid; Vascular anatomy; Virtual dissection; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT ATTITUDE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING;

ANATOMY; ARTERIES; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNET; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 66349114808     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.76     Document Type: Article

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