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Real-time Medical Visualization of Human Head and Neck Anatomy and its Applications for Dental Training and Simulation

This paper describes our 3D Definitive Head and Neck anatomy as part of our high profile collaboration with NHS Education Scotland. Our unique model integrates different tissue types, vasculature, and numerous substructures that are suitable for both the casual user and, in particular, those engaged in medical learning and teaching. Our model and software interface provides fluid and intuitive ways to visualise and encourage meaningful engagement with human anatomy amongst diverse audiences and is currently being well received by medical trainees, clinicians and the general public. Our 3D digital model development process, including data acquisition, model construction, interface design and implementation has been critically evaluated and validated by multi-disciplinary experts in the fields of medicine and computing science. Our extensive collaborative research network includes senior clinicians, surgical consultants, anatomists and biomedical scientists within the NHS, formal links with the medical schools within the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Manchester and London, and other key specialists in the Scottish Medical Visualisation Network. The authors were invited to submit their work to this special issue on medical imaging due to their proven experience in computer graphics, visualisation and medical imaging. This grant of >£1.6m is the largest grant ever awarded by NHS Education for Scotland. The Head and Neck outputs associated with this work were formally opened by First Minister, Alex Salmond, 24 April 2013 at the DDS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=upTz1P6PDe8. Anderson was a joint author on this collaborative paper. Within the research project itself. Anderson researched human computer interaction, haptics, learning and teaching and all areas of laser scanning.