Applications Health Sciences

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ApplicationsHealth Sciences
July 2001
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Distributed Medical Informatics Education
Oregon Health Science University and the
University of Pittsburgh

• Covers a broad range of fields including
  electronic medical records and information
  retrieval
• Distance learning provides students with access
  to faculty, expertise, and other students

http//www.cbmi.upmc.edu/ http//www.ohsu.edu/bicc
-informatics/
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Human Embryo Development
George Mason University, Oregon Health Science
University, National Library of Medicine

• 3-D visualizations of human embryo development
• Doctors can manipulate data remotely
• Animations of embryo system development for
  students

http//www.ohsu.edu/chrc/ http//www.nac.gmu.edu/v
isembryo.htm
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Renal Physiology Modules
Stanford University Virtual Labs Project

• Overcomes the limits of one-dimensional mediums
  to represent dynamic systems of the body
• The modules allow students to integrate and
  apply their knowledge to real-life problems

http//summit.stanford.edu/hhmi
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Anatomy and Surgery Workbench and Local NGI
Testbed Network
Stanford University School of Medicine

• Allows students to learn anatomy and practice
  surgery techniques using 3-D workstations
• Network testbed evaluates the effectiveness of
  workbench applications

http//haiti.stanford.edu/ngi/final/
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Surveyor
University of Wyoming, Wyoming Department of
Health

• Web-based research environment integrates rural
  health data with GIS technology
• Support for rural health care practitioners in
  underserved areas

http//www.wims.uwyo.edu/
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NLM Testbed for Collaborative Videoconferencing
National Library of Medicine

• Provides an environment for videoconferencing in
  distance learning programs
• Transmits a variety of medical information,
  including data from instruments

http//tlc.nlm.nih.gov/distancelearningandcollabor
ation.html
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Virtual Pelvic Floor
University of Illinois at Chicago

• Provides 3-D visualization of complex
  anatomical structures
• Participants use ImmersaDesk systems to
  interact with 3-D anatomical model

http//www.sbhis.uic.edu/vrml/Research/PelvicFloor
/PelvicFloor.htm
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Virtual Aneurysm

• A simulation and virtual reality visualization
  of brain blood flow
• Researchers examine critical flow pattern and
  evaluate simulated surgical interventions

University of California at Los Angeles
http//www.cs.ucla.edu/dalee/radsci/