Tomorrow in the Traverse room (CMC.Z3) in the UMCG a demo session of Primal Pictures (access for RUG&UMCG) is organised by the Central Medical Library with help of Wolters Kluwer Health (with thanks to Connie Munsters Regional Sales Manager Benelux, Eastern
Mediterranean, Southern Africa, Medical Research, Ovid Technologies B.V.)
The demo will be delivered by Mike Smith of Primal Pictures.
Some info:
Primal Pictures compared to other anatomy products:
The demo will be delivered by Mike Smith of Primal Pictures.
Some info:
Primal Pictures compared to other anatomy products:
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Primal Pictures model is made using high
resolution MRI scans of real cadavers (not based on
drawings)
- Users have
several ways of navigating the models. They can rotate in 3 dimensions whilst
adding and subtracting structures. They can move through the model in Axial,
Saggital and Coronal slices whilst at the same time comparing the images to MRI
scans .With some views they can drill down in a virtual dissection.
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Depth of information, 40,000+ images,
slides, animations and movies
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Sports injuries modules for shoulder, knee
and foot and ankle
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Extensive Surgery titles with films of
operations
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Students
and staff of the University are allowed to load images and animations into
programmes for access by other students and staff of the University e.g. lecture
notes in PowerPoint (i.e. downloading is not only limited to
instructors)
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Remote
access is included within the license agreement
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Ease
of management due to online access (no dvd’s or cd’s involved)
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Most medical schools in the UK are using
Primal Pictures
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Primal Pictures is written by well known
anatomists from the Imperial College London, Leeds University, University of
Bristol
Near
future:
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Copy
web link facility: save a link directly
to any image so teachers can embed these links within their teaching modules;
students can just click on the link to be taken directly to that image in
Primal
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Primal are just about to
release a Dental version of the Head and Neck written in conjunction with King's
College London with 3D views of dental conditions and intraoral injections with
clinically relevant text – link to film http://www.primalpictures.com/demo.aspx?f=Head_dentistry.swf
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