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Students Interact with Digital Cadaver in Medical School
By Chris Hassan
Posted January 12, 2012 10:52 PM
In medical school, one way future surgeons gain the skills and knowledge they will require in their professional careers is by dissecting and examining cadavers.
However, rather than training on real cadavers, first-year students who are enrolled at New York University’s (NYU) School of Medicine are working with an online 3D cadaver known as the BioDigital Human, according to a press release.
For NYU anatomy students, what they experience while interacting with the BioDigital Human is similar to what they may see while viewing a 3D movie. Wearing special glasses, students focus on life-size digital content that is projected before them.
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Medical students learn using a digital cadaver. cutting-edge program provides students with more flexibility than they would have working with a real human body. They can digitally hide or reveal layers of muscle and bone, as well as manipulate organs so they can become larger or viewed from different perspectives.
"Students always remember their first cadaver because it brings to life the science they've so fervently studied," said Steven B. Abramson, senior vice president and vice dean for education, faculty and academic affairs at NYU’s School of Medicine. "The BioDigital Human builds upon this experience by allowing the class to explore anatomical structures in more detail and further their connection with human anatomy."
