Abstract
Anatomy is considered one of the foundation studies for all of the health science students especially medical and nursing students. Anatomy of the hand is complicated. It composes of bones, nerves, blood veins, muscles, and tendon. Memorising all the details about all those parts is tedious work and need much imagination. With the advances in computer graphics and human-computer interaction techniques, understanding how those body parts move is easy to understand in a visual presentation. Augmented Reality (AR) is the technique that allowed the computer-generated objects to overlay on top of the real world. In this study, we concentrate on studying the bones only. We have selected the Leap Motion, which is the device that can detect the hands and fingers, like a tracking device, and marker-based AR technique for displaying the computer generated bones on top of the real hand. Since the Leap Motion detects the hands and shows the bone in real time, so when a user moves the hands such as waving, all the 3D virtual bones move to the new position just like the real hand. Besides using this tool as the educational tool to help the students have better learning about anatomy, it can also be used as an assessment tool for anatomy class as well. Results from testing this tool with volunteer students indicate that it helps them to understand the hand anatomy better and faster than traditional ways.
Highlights
Human anatomy is considered one of the foundation studies for all of the health science students especially nursing and medical students
Cadaver dissection was used in teaching and learning anatomy in every medical school since it helps students learn about human body ranging from skin layer, muscles, and bones that constructed into the human body
In order to verify that this new setup is useful and can help medical students to learn about hand anatomy, we have arranged the usability evaluation test to check how well users can learn and use a product to achieve their goals
Summary
Human anatomy is considered one of the foundation studies for all of the health science students especially nursing and medical students. Cadaver dissection was used in teaching and learning anatomy in every medical school since it helps students learn about human body ranging from skin layer, muscles, and bones that constructed into the human body. There were tools available to help students understand human anatomy such as video or even computer-generated 3D models of the human organs, but the interaction with those media is still limited. Holography system is the technology that captured the light scattered from the object and present them as a 3D object This technique requires complex setup and unique viewing device, so it may not be practical to work within the near future. Augmented Reality (AR), on the other hand, is the situation where the computer-generated object is overlaid atop of the real world. In VR, users immersed in the virtual environment but in AR, the user can experience the virtual objects or situations while still in the real world
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