Virtual Anatomy

The project “Virtual Anatomy”, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy started on October 1st 2015. During 2.5 years, innovative concepts shall be developed and tested to modernize the anatomy education. For example, the body donors that are used by medical students for preparation training are scanned in high resolution such that the preparation can also be simulated virtually. While the body donors can only be used for a limited time, the virtual models are basically always available. One of the practical research questions is how to directly integrate the viewing and analysis of 3D models into the curriculum of the anatomy education.

The project is headed by Dornheim Medical Images. The company brings their competencies in the segmentation of medical image data. Furthermore, the Institute of Anatomy (Prof. Rothkötter) is involved in the project. The developed solutions are tested and refined at the Institute of Anatomy. The Visualization Group supports the project with their experience in medical training systems and realizes innovative visualization techniques for the resulting complex data.

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2020

Student and Teacher Meet in a Shared Virtual Reality: A~one-on-one Tutoring System for Anatomy Education

Patrick Saalfeld, Anna Schmeier, Wolfgang D'Hanis, Hermann-Josef Rothkötter, Bernhard Preim

Student and Teacher Meet in a Shared Virtual Reality: A~one-on-one Tutoring System for Anatomy Education Inproceedings

Proc. of Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (EG VCBM), pp. 55–59, 2020.

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Student and Teacher Meet in a Shared Virtual Reality: A one-on-one Tutoring System for Anatomy Education

Patrick Saalfeld, Anna Schmeier, Wolfgang D'Hanis, Hermann-Josef Rothkötter, Bernhard Preim

Student and Teacher Meet in a Shared Virtual Reality: A one-on-one Tutoring System for Anatomy Education Miscellaneous

2020.

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2017

Sketching and Annotating Vascular Structures to Support Medical Teaching, Treatment Planning and Patient Education

Patrick Saalfeld, Steffen Oeltze-Jafra, Sylvia Saalfeld, Uta Preim, Oliver Beuing, Bernhard Preim

Sketching and Annotating Vascular Structures to Support Medical Teaching, Treatment Planning and Patient Education Inproceedings

Eurographics Medical Prize, pp. 5–8, 2017.

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An Immersive System for Exploring and Measuring Medical Image Data

Patrick Saalfeld, Johannes Patzschke, Bernhard Preim

An Immersive System for Exploring and Measuring Medical Image Data Inproceedings

Mensch und Computer, pp. 73-82, 2017.

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Anna Schmeier

Student and Teacher Meet in a Shared Virtual Environment: A VR One-on-One Tutoring System to Support Anatomy Education Masters Thesis

Dept. of Computer Science, 2017.

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2016

Semi-Immersive 3D Sketching of Vascular Structures for Medical Education

Patrick Saalfeld, Aleksandar Stojnic, Bernhard Preim, Steffen Oeltze-Jafra

Semi-Immersive 3D Sketching of Vascular Structures for Medical Education Inproceedings

Proc. of Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (EG VCBM), pp. 123–132, Bergen, Norwegen, 2016.

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Alexandra Kohrmann, Wolfgang D'Hanis, Patrick Saalfeld, Kerstin Kellermann, Thomas Roskoden, Annika Rathmann, Lars Dornheim, Phillipp Pohlenz, Bernhard Preim, Hermann-Josef Rothkötter

Comparative study in gross anatomy education: Differences in learning spatial anatomy using 3d-models of body-donor-CT-scans or a traditional atlas Inproceedings

Annual Meeting of the Anatomische Gesellschaft, Göttingen, 2016.

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