Construct3D 2017

NOTE TO ALL ATTENDEES: THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELED - THE PRESENTER HAD AN UNEXPECTED SITUATION ARISE AND WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE.  PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT HIM BY E-MAIL FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS WORK.  SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

This project provides students in multiple health care professions with access to virtual and physical anatomical models based on medical imaging data. Goals for this project include:
1) Generating virtual 3D models from medical image data (CT, MRI) using commerically-available software,
2) Converting virtual models for use in Augmented Reality (AR) and/or Virtual Reality (VR) settings,
3) Producing physical 3D models of anatomical structures and VR viewers using a 3D printer, and
4) Generating 3D printed molds to allow rapid and inexpensive replication of physical 3D models.

Providing the anatomically-correct models in various formats should serve to address varying student learning preferences as students can explore structures using a variety of methods. An additional proposed benefit is that generation of 3D models (both virtual and physical) from medical images will enhance student ability to mentally synthesize individual 2D medical images into 3D structures as they will have access to both.

Leveraging the ability of 3D printers to produce molds as well as original models, and VR viewers that can be used by any student with a compatible mobile phone, we can remove temporal and spatial constraints typically imposed upon students as they learn about these structures.