Agriculture university in Sweden first in the world to use Sectra’s visualization table in veterinary training

The visualization table at SLU will be used by students during courses in anatomy as a complement to dissection exercises and in radiological training. A major advantage of the visualization table is that the students can study anatomical variations among many individuals without needing to use more dissection material. The table also enables in-depth studies of such structures as vessels and nerves that are otherwise difficult to study.

“Using Sectra’s table, we have a unique opportunity to improve our students’ understanding of the animal’s functional anatomy, which can contribute to a positive trend in diagnostics and treatment options within veterinary care,” says Anna Bergh, senior lecturer at SLU in Uppsala. “Proximity to the country’s only university veterinary clinic also provides us with interesting opportunities to use the table in our clinical research in the future.”

SLU’s investment in the visualization table has been financed by funding from the Swedish Research Council (VR).

“The veterinary medical training segment is an exciting niche market for Sectra and having one of Europe’s foremost agricultural universities as a reference is extremely positive for us,” says Jakob Algulin, head of Sectra’s Medical Education business unit.

The Sectra Visualization Table is a large, multi-touch medical display with software that facilitates interaction with 3D images of the human body or animals. The 3D images are 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.

The Sectra Visualization Table is used in training in more than 15 European countries, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. It is the result of cooperation between Linköping University, the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Visualization Center C, and The Interactive Institute.