3D Anatomy Online March 23, 2008
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Anatomy, Education, Innovation, Medical education, Medicine, Medicine 2.0.21 comments
I wish I had some resources of anatomy as useful as the following tools and sites when I had to fight this area of medicine. First, Medgadget reported the beta launch of BodyMaps, an online atlas created to visualize specific organs and the anatomy of the whole human body.
The second one for today is WinkingSkull.com, a site dedicated to the study of anatomy and you can also test yourself on must-know concepts.
If you know more useful anatomical or any other medical resources, let us know!
The Papier-Mache Anatomist March 20, 2008
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Anatomy, Art, Medical education.4 comments
Just a short note about a useful tool for studying anatomy:
Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), a French physician, improved and popularized anatomical papier-mâché models. As a medical student in the early 19th century, Auzoux found it difficult to study anatomy when the human cadavers he was dissecting deteriorated rapidly and wax models were not readily available.
He began creating anatomical models, inspired by papier-mâché dolls, boxes, and other household items then popular in Europe. In 1822, the same year Auzoux received his medical degree, he presented his first complete anatomical male figure to the Paris Academy of Medicine. Five years later, he opened a factory to manufacture human, veterinary, and botanical models.
Even if we use some 3D tools nowadays, I would love to have these models at home to study anatomy more efficiently.
Anatomical heart made from candy hearts November 26, 2007
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Anatomy, Art, Fun.12 comments
Monday Fun… Check out the sculptures of Nathan Sawaya and don’t miss the Candy Heart:
(Via Neatorama and BoingBoing)
NEJM Image of the Week: Trichobezoar! November 22, 2007
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Anatomy, Medical case, NEJM Image of the Week.8 comments
An unbelievable case from the New England Journal of Medicine:
A previously healthy 18-year-old woman presented with a 5-month history of pain in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen, abdominal distention, postprandial emesis, and weight loss of 18 kg… Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a large bezoar occluding nearly the entire stomach, without extension into the duodenum. On questioning, the patient stated that she had had a habit of eating her hair for many years — a condition called trichophagia. Laparoscopic removal was attempted; however, conversion to an open procedure was required to completely remove the 4.5-kg trichobezoar… One year after the surgery, she has no abdominal pain or vomiting. She has regained approximately 9 kg of body weight and reports that she has stopped eating her hair.
Virtual Anatomical Models and Science Learning Opportunities in Second Life November 13, 2007
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Anatomy, Art, Education, Medical education, science, Second Life, Web 2.0.8 comments
While we try to organize new sessions in the SciFoo Lives On series and new medical exercices in the Ann Myers Medical Center, here is some interesting material on other educational opportunities of Second Life, the virtual world:
- Virtual anatomical models (Play2Train):
Looks like sculpted prims can be used to create fairly realistic models of organs. Now, wouldn’t it be fun if we could actually make the heart model to beat in 3D. This is not too difficult to do actually; we would just need a number of sculptie textures, each texture representing a given 3D animation state, and run through the set leaving a few time gaps to let the shape settle before moving on to the next sculptie texture. The heart model and the lung sound ausculation tool (further right in the picture) are currently housed in the medical library on Obelix.
- Science Learning Opportunities in Second Life: A brief overview of science and research education in Second Life, highlighting Science School, Genome Island, Research Park, ISTE Island and more.
Other posts about education in Second Life:
- Live Coverage: SciFoo lives on session about videos in science
- Live Coverage Now: SciFoo lives on session about the definition of Open Science
- NHS London in Second Life
- SciFoo lives on in Second Life: Web 2.0 and Medicine
- Live Blogging Today: First Medical Simulation in Second Life!
- Genetics in Second Life
- Medicine in Second Life: virtual doctors, hospitals, and of course, sperm donation
- Virtual Medical Center: the Future of Medical Education
- Interview about the genetic revolution of Second Life
- Top 10: Virtual Medical Sites in Second Life!
Virtual Labs of Cardiology, Neurophysiology and Many More October 27, 2007
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Anatomy, Education, Game, Invention, Medical education, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Microbiology, science.8 comments
That’s why I’m an admirer of Stumble Upon. I’ve recently come across the Virtual Labs of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. An other great example for education. They feature:
- The Transgenic Fly Virtual Lab
- The Bacterial Identification Lab
- The Cardiology Lab
- The Neurophysiology Lab (I’m sure Moheb will like this one.)
- The Immunology Lab
Of course, I started with the Cardiology Lab:
The focus of this lab is on heritable diseases of the heart. You are cast here as a virtual intern to accompany a doctor examining three different patients. Each patient is examined using more than one diagnostic tool, and at each stage, the doctor will invite you to examine the patient yourself and ask for your opinion.
I find the quizzes extremely helpful. Check it out!
Simulated Open Heart Surgery: Be a Surgeon! October 22, 2007
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Anatomy, Fun, Game, Medicine, Sciencefun.32 comments
Here is an other game with which you can waste some time and learn interesting facts about an open heart surgery. First choose your grade and study the anatomy of the heart or let’s get into the operation. But don’t forget to monitor the patient’s blood and brain function.
It’s very realistic anyway. If you make a mistake, you should get a lawyer:
(Via A Hearty Life)
More funny posts:
HOWTO make a 3D blood vessel May 9, 2007
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Anatomy, Art, Biology, Blogging, Invention, Medical Imaging, Photography, Video.1 comment so far
That’s why I admire the work of Vanessa Ruiz (graduate student in Biomedical Visualization at the University of Illinois at Chicago) who is blogging at Street Anatomy:
A polygonal feast of fury; the accelerated methodology of assembling a blood flow 3D animation in Cinema 4D from primitive objects to final rendering.
An other animation about intubation:
Further reading:
Reviewed Medical Collections and 3D Illustrations April 27, 2007
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Anatomy, Medical education, Medical Imaging, Medicine.add a comment
As a medical student, I know well that sometimes it’s nearly impossible to learn something due to the lack of proper illustrations. So collections like the one of Peter Jurek would be really helpful for students. Here are two examples, an image about phagocytosis and an image of the stomach, gall bladder, pancreas triad.
Some more useful reviewed collections:
MRI of coitus and semi-identical twins March 28, 2007
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Anatomy, genetics, Humor, Medicine.3 comments
Just two interesting articles from the past day. After so many serious posts, this one is about real popular medicine. I hope you’ll like it.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of male and female genitals during coitus and female sexual arousal (BMJ.com)
What started as artistic and scientific curiosity has now been realised. We have shown that magnetic resonance images of the female sexual response and the male and female genitals during coitus are feasible and beautiful; that the penis during intercourse in the “missionary position” has the shape of a boomerang and not of an S as drawn by Dickinson; and that, in contrast to the findings of Masters and Johnson, there was no evidence of an increase in the volume of the uterus during sexual arousal. (Images: Courtesy of BMJ.com)
It’s really unbelievable what people are writing about these days.
- Semi-identical twins discovered (Nature)
Researchers have discovered a pair of twins who are identical through their mother’s side, but share only half their genes on their father’s side… Genetic tests revealed that each twin contained some ‘female’ cells with two X chromosomes, and some ‘male’ cells with an X and a Y. The proportion of each type varies from tissue to tissue in each twin, the researchers report in Human Genetics.
