Transforming clinical imaging and 3D data for virtual reality learning objects: HTML5 and mobile devices implementation

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 263-270

  Trelease, Robert B ^a   Nieder, Gary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical informatics; Computed tomography; Gross anatomy education; HTML5; Learning objects; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical education; Mobile devices; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL INFORMATICS; ANATOMY; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BOOK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOT; GROSS ANATOMY EDUCATION; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HTML5; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING OBJECTS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE DEVICES; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANATOMICAL INFORMATICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GROSS ANATOMY EDUCATION; HTML5; LEARNING OBJECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOBILE DEVICES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANATOMY; ANIMALS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; FEMALE; FOOT; HORSES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PELVIS; TEACHING; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84879997475     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1330     Document Type: Article

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