The Anatomical Edutainer

Information

• Publication Type: Conference Paper
• Workgroup(s)/Project(s):
  • Visualization Group
• Date: October 2020
• Lecturer: Renata Raidou
• Event: IEEE Vis 2020
• Call for Papers: Call for Paper
• Booktitle: IEEE Vis Short Papers 2020
• Pages: 1 – 5
• Keywords: Data Physicalization, Medical Visualization, Anatomical Education

Abstract

Physical visualizations (i.e., data representations by means of physical objects) have been used for many centuries in medical and anatomical education. Recently, 3D printing techniques started also to emerge. Still, other medical physicalizations that rely on affordable and easy-to-find materials are limited, while smart strategies that take advantage of the optical properties of our physical world have not been thoroughly investigated. We propose the Anatomical Edutainer, a workflow to guide the easy, accessible, and affordable generation of physicalizations for tangible, interactive anatomical edutainment. The Anatomical Edutainer supports 2D printable and 3D foldable physicalizations that change their visual properties (i.e., hues of the visible spectrum) under colored lenses or colored lights, to reveal distinct anatomical structures through user interaction.

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BibTeX

@inproceedings{schindler_2020vis,
  title =      "The Anatomical Edutainer",
  author =     "Marwin Schindler and Hsiang-Yun Wu and Renata Raidou",
  year =       "2020",
  abstract =   "Physical visualizations (i.e., data representations by means
               of physical objects) have been used for many centuries in
               medical and anatomical education. Recently, 3D printing
               techniques started also to emerge. Still, other medical
               physicalizations that rely on affordable and easy-to-find
               materials are limited, while smart strategies that take
               advantage of the optical properties of our physical world
               have not been thoroughly investigated. We propose the
               Anatomical Edutainer, a workflow to guide the easy,
               accessible, and affordable generation of physicalizations
               for tangible, interactive anatomical edutainment. The
               Anatomical Edutainer supports 2D printable and 3D foldable
               physicalizations that change their visual properties (i.e.,
               hues of the visible spectrum) under colored lenses or
               colored lights, to reveal distinct anatomical structures
               through user interaction.",
  month =      oct,
  event =      "IEEE Vis 2020",
  booktitle =  "IEEE Vis Short Papers 2020",
  pages =      "1--5",
  keywords =   "Data Physicalization, Medical Visualization, Anatomical
               Education",
  URL =        "https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2020/schindler_2020vis/",
}