GigXR and DICOM Director have introduced the DICOM XR Library, utilizing hyper-realistic 3D medical images from MRI and CT scans. This collaboration enhances medical education, enabling holographic anatomy and pathophysiology learning. Learners can explore anatomy using HoloHuman, understand pathophysiology through the Insight Series, practice diagnostics with HoloPatient, and simulate clinical scenarios in HoloScenarios. The Gig Immersive Learning Platform delivers this content, offering global, collaborative, and safe learning experiences. It signifies a significant advancement in medical training, supported by partnerships with leading institutions like Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Michigan.
A new collaboration between GigXR, Inc. and DICOM Director marks the debut of an innovative learning approach in the medical field. GigXR, renowned for its immersive learning solutions, has unveiled the DICOM XR Library powered by INTRAVISION XR. This cutting-edge application offers an extensive collection of hyper-realistic 3D medical images extracted from MRI and CT scans. These images are intended for educational purposes, enabling teaching, training, and simulations. This development holds significant potential for nursing and medical schools, hospitals, and even the Department of Defense, granting them access to holographic medical imagery to enhance their curricula in anatomy and pathophysiology.
Dr. David Pearlstone, CEO at DICOM Director, shared his perspective as a surgical oncologist with over two decades of experience. He highlighted the limitations of existing imaging technologies and the need for advancements. This collaboration with GigXR aims to equip future medical professionals with more detailed and advanced content right from the beginning of their journey.
The DICOM XR Library enriches medical and nursing education by providing a comprehensive, 360-degree view of how pathological conditions and injuries are manifested in diagnostic imaging. It offers a profound understanding of anatomy and pathophysiology, augmenting the skill of interpreting test results. The application showcases holographic representations with full-dimensional anatomy, further improving the ability to assess and diagnose real-life patients.
Delivered through the Gig Immersive Learning Platform, the DICOM XR Library is part of comprehensive enterprise software designed for immersive teaching, training, and simulations across various educational levels and departments. Instructors can efficiently incorporate holographic content into their curricula using the platform’s dashboard, enabling personalized and streamlined learning experiences. Learners benefit in several ways:
1. Enhanced Anatomy Learning: Before exploring real-life medical imaging through the DICOM XR Library, students can first study body structures using HoloHuman, a 3D human cadaver developed in collaboration with Elsevier.
2. Immersive Pathophysiology: The Insight Series, developed by ANIMA RES, offers detailed 3D holographic animations of organs like the heart, lungs, and kidneys. These insights prepare learners for assessing conditions and pathologies through 3D MRI and CT scans in the DICOM XR Library.
3. Diagnostic Processes: HoloPatient enables learners to examine holographic standardized patient scenarios, making likely diagnoses before reviewing corresponding 3D medical imagery in the DICOM XR Library.
4. Clinical Simulation: HoloScenarios, created in collaboration with prestigious institutions, provides learners with an opportunity to evaluate and apply actual test results in clinical simulations. The DICOM XR Library complements the diagnostic tools within HoloScenarios with its 3D perspective.
Multiple learners can collaboratively view, resize, rotate, and analyze medical imaging holograms from different angles and cross-sections. This collaborative learning experience is accessible worldwide, allowing instructors and learners to log into the Gig Immersive Learning Platform. The platform’s mixed reality headset support or compatibility with Android and iOS mobile devices ensures learners can interact with immersive content safely.
Jared Mermey, CEO of GigXR, emphasized the proven effectiveness of mixed reality training and the preference of learners for holographic methods over traditional analog teaching. As healthcare institutions embrace immersive simulation with mixed reality, the Gig Immersive Learning Platform scales alongside them, offering hyper-realistic XR training experiences. Partners like DICOM Director contribute to the platform’s enterprise-scale content and delivery capabilities.
DICOM Director joins the ranks of third-party content partners like 3D4Medical from Elsevier and ANIMA RES in distributing enterprise training applications through the Gig Immersive Learning Platform. Designed with pedagogy in mind, this platform empowers healthcare institutions to create immersive curricula managed from a single dashboard. GigXR’s track record includes partnerships with institutions across continents, including Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, Miami Dade College, Ursuline College, The University of Queensland, and Otago Polytechnic.
GigXR’s collaborations extend to renowned institutions, including the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of Michigan, and Morlen Health, a subsidiary of Northwest Permanente, P.C. These collaborations yield holographic clinical simulations covering a range of scenarios, such as Respiratory diseases, Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Neurology.
