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'Mixed Reality' Human Helps Medical Students Learn to do Intimate Exams
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/1027/070209_UFlorida_Hybrid_Patient.large.jpg?1246563919&1246563915 "University of Florida mixed-reality human")
University of Florida computer engineering graduate student Aaron Kotranza demonstrates a breast exam on a "mixed reality human" composed of a mannequin with a prosthetic breast and a life-size computer avatar on a flat screen. The system trains medical students how to correctly perform exams.
Credit: Ray Carson / University of Florida
The University of Florida is using a life-sized computer avatar on a flat screen and a mannequin with prosthetic body parts to teach medical students how to perform exams that they would otherwise rarely get to perform on real people. Working with the Medical College of Georgia and three other universities, University of Florida engineers developed a hybrid computer/mannequin that enables medical students to correctly perform breast exams and learn how to talk to patients to obtain import...
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