Augmented Reality in Healthcare Education for Human Anatomy
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https://doi.org/10.21015/vtse.v9i3.694Abstract
The study of structures in the human body is known as human anatomy. Medical students face a lot of difficulties while understanding the core concepts of Human Anatomy. To learn anatomy, Augmented Reality (AR) offers an interactive learning experience by visually constructing 3D objects in the user’s world. AR has transformed healthcare education by supporting interactive learning in a way that helps the students and other learners develop new skills by understanding different concepts in a fun and an interactive way rather than the old traditional methods. Various studies show how Augmented Reality has helped different sectors such as Healthcare, Education, Gaming Industry etc. in improving their overall standards by providing a holistic view about different topics. To acknowledge the positive impact of AR in healthcare education in Human Anatomy, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) is presented in this article. For this article, 34 papers were chosen through a comprehensive procedure. As per our best knowledge, no SLR is available that gives us an extensive review in this field of study. In this paper, we have presented different AR Systems and MAR applications to understand human anatomy in an interactive manner. A taxonomy diagram of the used AR techniques to learn human anatomy has also been presented. Different human organs and body parts taught through AR to help healthcare professionals and students have also been identified in this paper.
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