University in Peru invests to become leading South American medical teaching institute using Sectra’s visualization technology
The Atenor Orrego Private University (UPAO) in Peru has invested in breakthrough medical education technology, including five visualization tables from the international medical imaging IT company Sectra (STO: SECT B). The table is a unique tool for interacting with real-size virtual bodies. This is the first installation of Sectra’s advanced solution for medical education in South America.
Interacting with virtual bodies at an early stage of medical training provides a better understanding of the body’s anatomy and functions, as well as greater knowledge of more unusual illnesses. A major advantage of the visualization table is that it enables students to study anatomical variations among many individuals without needing to use more dissection material. Combined, these features significantly enhance the quality and efficiency of medicine programs. Sectra’s solution for medical education at UPAO will be used by students during courses in anatomy, structure and functions.
“This advanced medical education tool will benefit the learning of our students,” says Dr. Katherine Lozano, Head of the Simulation Center at UPAO. “The interactive visualization tables allow students to discover new ways of thinking. With the variety of real patient cases that the tables provide, our students can easily repeat virtual autopsies and dissections over and over again.”
South America is a growing market where significant investments are being made in the medical education sector. Sectra has established partners in several South American markets, such as Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, and is also seeking to add new partners in the region.
About Sectra’s solutions for medical education
Sectra provides solutions that make it possible to interact with three-dimensional images of the human body using various display systems such as the Sectra Table, tablets, projectors and 3D printers.
The Sectra Table is a large, multi-touch medical display with software that facilitates interaction with 3D images of the human body created by modern computer tomography or magnetic resonance cameras. Students are able to intuitively zoom in, rotate or cut into the visualized body without using a scalpel or destroying the subject. This means that the same image can be used repeatedly, and the students are able to study the impact of various illnesses on the anatomy in a manner that was not possible in teaching in the past. A unique function of the visualization table is that each university can download and create its own teaching files from its own clinical practices as well as using the preloaded collection of demonstration cases that comes with the table.
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