SBIR Phase I: Augmented Reality Platform for Nursing Education

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段(SBIR)研究项目使用增强现实设备将多媒体技术与人体任务训练器相结合，为护理教育提供一个非线性、身临其境的学习平台。该项目希望将交互式、3D医学图形与Manikin任务训练器模拟的动手真实感相结合，充分利用这两种技术的优势。使用混合现实护目镜，人体内部解剖的3D图像将叠加在用户的视图上，在使用任务教练人体模型的同时提供额外的3D教学信息。该项目预计，这将使医学教育的视觉和实践部分之间实现高效的协同。将多媒体技术与人体模型模拟相结合提供了结合两种技术的优势的机会。该项目的潜在成果将使用负担得起的混合现实护目镜将多媒体医学教育技术与低保真人体模型技术(任务训练器)相结合，为护理教育提供负担得起的混合现实培训解决方案。虽然已经有了用于气管插管的增强现实应用的学术原型，但该项目预计这将是为护理教育开发全功能混合现实培训模拟器的第一项工作。使用混合现实护目镜，3D图像将叠加在用户的视野上。这将使用户能够在使用任务训练器的同时获得额外的3D教学信息。这项研究项目将在增加护理领域的学习机会方面发挥作用。这项技术可以通过提供高质量的虚拟护理教育体验，在不增加护士教育人员数量的情况下，在缓解有充分证据的未来护理短缺方面发挥关键作用。

This Small Business Innovative Research Phase I (SBIR) research project uses augmented reality devices to combine multimedia technologies with manikin task-trainers to provide a nonlinear, immersive learning platform for nursing education. This project hopes to combine interactive, 3D medical graphics with the hands-on realism of manikin task trainer simulation, capitalizing on the strengths of both technologies. Using mixed reality goggles, 3D imagery of the body's internal anatomy will be superimposed over the view of the user, providing additional 3D didactic information while using a task trainer manikin. The project anticipates that this will enable highly effective synergy between the visual and hands-on component of medical education.Integrating multimedia technologies with manikin simulation presents the opportunity to combine the strengths of both technologies. The potential outcomes of this project will integrate multimedia medical education technology with low-fidelity manikin technology (task trainers) using affordable, mixed-reality goggles to provide an affordable mixed-reality training solution for nursing education. While there have been academic prototypes of an augmented reality application for endotracheal intubation, the project anticipates that this will be the first work to develop fully functional mixed-reality training simulator for nursing education. Using mixed-reality goggles, 3D imagery will be superimposed over the view of the user. This will enable the user to get additional 3D didactic information while using the task trainer. This research project will play a role in increasing learning opportunities in the nursing field. This technology may play a critical role in mitigating the well documented future nursing shortage, by providing high quality virtual nursing educational experiences, without increasing the number of nurse educators.