Testbed Collaborations
For our national Anatomy testbed, we linked faculty at Stanford University with students at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, using Internet2 at 1 Gbps. Both accessed image resources located at Wisconsin and at Stanford. The goal of this collaboration was to determine the issues that would arise as we scaled up the testbed.
In the photo above, Sakti Srivastava and Larry Mathers discuss an Anatomy class. The students at the left from University of Michigan use Remote Stereo Viewer and are viewing images of the knee. They found the experience to be very valuable. The School of Medicine at University of Michigan has added a facility, similar to our Collab Room, so that they can continue to use high-bandwidth medical education applications.
Networked Learning Events: Video telecast of real-time
surgery is a common distance training method. To create a
greater sense of presence and immediacy, we worked with CSIRO in Australia and experimented
with high-resolution two-way video (DVTS) and stereo video from the laparoscope camera. A laparoscopic appendectomy was conducted in an operating room at Stanford University, and was observed by residents in Sydney Australia who felt it was quite successful. Our collaboration with CSIRO included other video-supported clinical skills learning events.