Welcome to the Cardiac Anatomy Tutorial
The tutorial is designed to help medical students form a visual representation of the heart’s operation by identifying at least 17 cardiac anatomy features using annotated MRI images taken from various viewing planes.
Audience
First and second year medical students with basic knowledge of cardiac anatomy.
Features
Side by side, MRI and heart model images with annotations illustrating the position and shape of 17 anatomical features.
Textual descriptions of the main functions of the 17 anatomical features.
Real-time, narrated video of the heart.
Interactive QTVR movie of a heart model showing the position of each anatomical feature.
Quiz
If you would like to test your knowledge of the anatomical features included in the tutorial you can click on the quiz button. You will be presented with fourteen questions including drag and drop, multiple choice, and hot spot interactions. The quiz will give you a general view of your knowledge of the features.
Feedback
We welcome you feedback. Please let us know whether you found the tutorial useful or you would like to see improvements. Select the "Feedback" link in the upper right corner of the tutorial window and fill out the web form available there.
Troubleshooting top
The Right Side of the Screen is Blank
This indicates that your machine needs the Flash Player plug-in or the plug-in was not installed correctly.
Remedy: Go to http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download.
Video doesn't appear.
It probably means that the QuickTime 4 plugin isn't installed correctly.
Remedy: Go to http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download.
No sound.
Remedy: Make sure you have speakers or headphones connected and that sound is not muted in your computer's control panel settings.
I cannot see the entire tutorial window.
If you are unable to see the bottom of the tutorial window make sure that your screen resolutions is set to 1024 x 768. On a Windows machine, right click on the desktop, select properties, then click on the "Settings" tab. Adjust the resolution by toggling the slider in the bottom right of the window. On a Macintosh, go to the "Monitors" control panel, click on the "Monitor" button in the upper left corner of the window, then adjust the resolution.
Images are too dark.
If you find that the images are too dark adjust the brightness setting of your monitor.
A Purple Blur
For those of you who have fast connections you may see a blue rectangular-shaped blur before the load of each anatomical feature or section of the tutorial. This is a screen that helps users with slow speed connections to see how quickly would the information they requested load on their machine.
Technical Requirements top
You must have Flash 5 or higher player and QuickTime 5 player installed on your computer. Netscape or Internet Explorer version 4 or better is recommended and Javascript must be enabled. To ensure that you have the appropriate plug-ins test your browser on the features below. If you see the animation and the movie you are ready to continue. Sound and speakers/headphones must be enabled.
Credits top
This project was produced at the University of Iowa as a collaborative effort between the departments of Academic Technologies and Cardiac Radiology and in partial fulfillment of graduation requirement for a Master's degree in Instructional Design and Technology.
The project is dedicated to my mother and the loving memory of my father. I would like to acknowledge the support, love, and patience of my wife, and our families over the years.
Design and Development Team
Steven Alessi, Ph.D. - academic advisor, instructional design consultant.
Brian Mullan, M.D. - cardiac radiology expert, images, video capture and retouching.
Greyson Purcell - Flash 5 programming expert and video consultant.
Tsvetomir Ross-Lazarov - lead instructional designer, interface design, Flash 5 programming, images, video retouching. |
