@inproceedings{49581b65c82e4370a2fc474fbc27c1b6,
title = "Play it by ear: An immersive ear anatomy tutorial",
abstract = "The anatomy of the ear and the bones surrounding it are intricate yet critical for medical professionals to know. Current best practices teach ear anatomy through two-dimensional representations, which poorly characterize the three-dimensional (3D), spatial nature of the anatomy and make it difficult to learn and visualize. In this work, we describe an immersive, stereoscopic visualization tool for the anatomy of the ear based on real patient data. We describe the interface and its construction. And we compare how well medical students learn ear anatomy in the simulation compared with more traditional learning methods. Our preliminary results suggest that virtual reality may be an effective tool for anatomy education in this context.",
keywords = "Medical imaging, Spatial perception, Virtual reality, Visualization",
author = "Haley Adams and Jack Noble and Morrel, {William G.} and Alejandro Rivas and Shinn, {Justin R.} and Robert Labadie and Bobby Bodenheimer",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Priya Rajan for advice and help during the project. This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research under grant N00014-18-1-2964 and by National Science Foundation Grant 1526448. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 IEEE.; 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 ; Conference date: 23-03-2019 Through 27-03-2019",
year = "2019",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1109/VR.2019.8798192",
language = "English (US)",
series = "26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "836--837",
booktitle = "26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings",
}