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Development and Evaluation of Virtual Reality Medical Training System for Anatomy Education

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Intelligent Systems in Science and Information 2014 (SAI 2014)

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Medical education is a dynamic field that witnesses continuous evolution and development. The employment of Virtual Reality (VR) based visualization and training environments in the delivery of anatomy teaching transfers the learning experience from one that involves memorising the structures without a true understanding of the 3-Dimensional (3D) relations, to a process that involves a thorough understanding of the structure based on visualisation rather than memorising, which makes the learning process more efficient and enjoyable, and less time consuming. This paper describes the development of a Virtual Reality and 3D visualisation system for anatomy teaching. The developed system offers a real-time 3D representation of the heart in an interactive VR environment that provides self-directed learning and assessment tools through a variety of interfaces and functionalities. To ensure the accuracy and precision of the developed system it was evaluated by a group of medical professionals.

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  1. School of Engineering and Built Environment, Department of Computer, Communication and Interactive Systems, Virtual Reality and Simulation Laboratory, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, G4 0BA, UK

    Jannat Falah, Vassilis Charissis, Soheeb Khan, Warren Chan & David K. Harrison

  2. King Abdullah II School for Information Technology, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

    Salsabeel F. M. Alfalah

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Falah, J., Charissis, V., Khan, S., Chan, W., Alfalah, S.F.M., Harrison, D.K. (2015). Development and Evaluation of Virtual Reality Medical Training System for Anatomy Education. In: Arai, K., Kapoor, S., Bhatia, R. (eds) Intelligent Systems in Science and Information 2014. SAI 2014. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 591. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14654-6_23

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