Experimental evidence for improved neuroimaging interpretation using three-dimensional graphic models

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 132-137

  Ruisoto, Pablo ^a   Juanes, Juan Antonio ^b   Contador, Israel ^a   Mayoral, Paula ^a   Prats Galino, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

2D 3D testing; Brain; Gross anatomy education; Learning; Medical education; Neuroanatomy education; Neuroimaging; Visual spatial abilities; Volumetric visualization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCINTISCANNING; SPAIN; STUDENT; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISION;

ADULT; ANATOMY; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPAIN; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860537776     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1275     Document Type: Article

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