Serious Game for Medical Imaging in Fully Immersive Virtual Reality

M Callaghan; Hubert  Cecotti; Benjamin Foucher; Stevens Joslain

doi:10.1109/TALE52509.2021.9678721

Serious Game for Medical Imaging in Fully Immersive Virtual Reality

M Callaghan, Hubert Cecotti, Benjamin Foucher, Stevens Joslain

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Abstract

Fully immersive virtual reality systems allow the
implementation of new immersive user interfaces and data
visualization applications that offer effective ways to interact
with multidimensional neuroimaging data. Learning to interpret
3D medical imaging scans can be an intimidating experience for
students given the large range of pathologies to visualize and the
relative placement(s) and location(s) of areas of interest, a process
which is further complicated by interacting with, manipulating,
and navigating through images across several possible views.
Gamification and Serious Games (SG) have proved to have
instructional benefits for teaching and learning. The adoption
and use of virtual reality in education is growing, driven by
the availability of more powerful and affordable virtual reality
(VR) headsets, allowing novel ways to interact with and explore
teaching material. This paper explores the use of VR to teach
the fundamentals of medical imaging interpretation and the
opportunities available in using immersive 3D visualizations to
understand the spatial relationships between parts of the body,
key organs, and their constituent parts. An integrated immersive
learning environment is presented that orientates and guides the
student through this process and assesses their subsequent level of
understanding. The use of gamification in this context to increase
student engagement and retention is discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education (TALE)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	615 - 621
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-3687-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-3688-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE52509.2021.9678721
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 24 Jan 2022
Event	IEEE TALE International conference on engineering, technology, and education - Wuhan, Wuhan, China Duration: 5 Dec 2021 → 8 Dec 2021 http://tale2021.org/index.html

Publication series

Name	2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education (TALE)
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2374-0191
ISSN (Electronic)	2470-6698

Conference

Conference	IEEE TALE International conference on engineering, technology, and education
Abbreviated title	TALE2021
Country/Territory	China
City	Wuhan
Period	5/12/21 → 8/12/21
Internet address	http://tale2021.org/index.html

Bibliographical note

Winner of best paper at IEEE TALE Conference

Keywords

virtual reality
medical imaging
neuroimaging
Gamification
gamification

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Callaghan, M., Cecotti, H., Foucher, B., & Joslain, S. (2022). Serious Game for Medical Imaging in Fully Immersive Virtual Reality. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education (TALE) (pp. 615 - 621). (2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education (TALE)). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE52509.2021.9678721

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Callaghan, M, Cecotti, H, Foucher, B & Joslain, S 2022, Serious Game for Medical Imaging in Fully Immersive Virtual Reality. in 2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education (TALE). 2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education (TALE), IEEE, pp. 615 - 621, IEEE TALE International conference on engineering, technology, and education , Wuhan, China, 5/12/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE52509.2021.9678721

Serious Game for Medical Imaging in Fully Immersive Virtual Reality. / Callaghan, M; Cecotti, Hubert ; Foucher, Benjamin et al.
2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education (TALE). IEEE, 2022. p. 615 - 621 (2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education (TALE)).

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Serious Game for Medical Imaging in Fully Immersive Virtual Reality

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Best Paper Award at an International Conference IEEE TALE 2021

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Serious Game for Medical Imaging in Fully Immersive Virtual Reality

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Keywords

UN SDGs

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Best Paper Award at an International Conference IEEE TALE 2021

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