Cadaver-specific CT scans visualized at the dissection table combined with virtual dissection tables improve learning performance in general gross anatomy.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to quantify the benefit of the incorporation of radiologic anatomy (RA), in terms of student training in RA seminars, cadaver CT scans and life-size virtual dissection tables on the learning success in general anatomy.Methods: Three groups of a total of 238...
| Published in: | European Radiology Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 2153 - 2161 |
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Springer Nature
May2017
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