iAnatomy Applications
For the Student
1. For students taking the ASRT Radiography Curriculum, the iAnatomy app supports objectives related to Introduction to Computed Tomography objectives. Students can review sectional anatomy images in the app to increase understanding about how the physics concept of differential attenuation applies to CT (as compared to radiography). 2. For students taking the ASRT Radiography Curriculum, the iAnatomy app supports objectives related to Optional Sectional Anatomy objectives. Students can use the app in conjunction with other resources to visualize anatomy in sectional anatomy planes--as opposed to the superimposition of anatomy in radiography. Students can use the self-quiz function to gauge knowledge. 3. For students taking the ASRT Radiography Curriculum, the iAnatomy app supports objectives related to Radiographic Pathology. Using the sectional anatomy images and human anatomy pictures can help students visualize internal structures to support understanding of pathology. Example: How would a tumor in the carina affect other local structures? Being able to see the carina and the close relationship of the aorta, trachea, esophagus, bronchi, and vasculature on the app can give students a great understanding of the implications of pathology in this area. 4. For students in the B.S.R.S. Core should use the app to assist in the objective of distingushing "common pathologies recorded on multiplanar images" (ASRT, B.S.R.S. Core Curriculum, 2013, pg. 7). Students can review sectional anatomy and human images to visually correlate information about related pathologies. Example: Student can scroll to screen with renal arteries and discuss why atherosclerosis in the renals affects systemic blood pressure.
5. For students taking the Magnetic Resonance curriculum, review of anatomy in the app can help them "translate anatomical structures from their 2-D planar image appearance into their appearance within multi-planar, curved planar and 3-D volumetric reformations" (ASRT, MR curriculum, 2014, pg. 79). 6. For students to whom a Gross Anatomy course is available, the human anatomy images can be used for study when the cadaver lab is not available. |
For the Educator
1. In the Radiography or B.S.R.S. Core curricula, the iAnatomy app could be a useful tool for instructors of Radiographic Pathology. After discussing a certain pathology and its affect on systems, the instructor could design a class activity using the app. The instructor could guide students in evaluation of a certain body system and where pathologies are located in that system. This type of lesson plan would benefit students by providing a hands-on, visual learning experience. 2. For a clinical instructor in a Magnetic Resonance or B.S.R.S. Core, the iAnatomy app has implications during image critiques. It can be used as a tool to support procedure evaluation process in PACS. Since cell phone reception is often poor due to lead shielding in Radiology departments, an added benefit is the fact that once downloaded the app can run without Internet. 3. For educators in the ASRT Radiography Curriculum, the iAnatomy app can be used to discuss the differences in attenuation of the chest and abdomen. (Image directly below.) The teacher can show on one screen how the chest contains more air; therefore, more x-rays are transmitted--as opposed to the abdomen's soft tissue structures. 4. For educators working outside the United States in areas of low Internet access, this app is an essential sectional anatomy resource. It can be loaded onto cell phones or tablets beforehand, and the information would be available on the device for interactive lessons in the classroom. Example: U.S. technologist educators working at a partner site in Africa could load this app onto cell phones or devices in areas of "good Internet access" and distribute the devices back to students. Then, the student technologists would have access to the information at their clinical sites in regional or rural parts of the country--where Internet access is not available.
5. For educators in the B.S.R.S. core or Magnetic Resonance curricula, lessons plans can be designed in which students take the self-check quizzes as part of a class activity to reinforce knowledge of sectional anatomy. 6. For educators, the iAnatomy app can support the Clinical Practice objective of determining "corrective measures to improve inadequate images" (ASRT, B.S.R.S. Core, 2013, pg. 60). Part of teaching students how to correct images is giving them knowledge of how a diagnostic image is supposed to appear. The sectional anatomy and human images can be integrated into lessons about radographic analysis to give students a visual upon which to base corrections. |