Walkthrough and review of the Sylvius MR Atlas of the Human Brain on Modality Body and its potential role for medical student and resident education. Overall, great atlas that covers basics of neuroanatomy through an MR window. Useful applications for CT imaging as well as the relative anatomic locations are identical. The Modality Body format allows for quizzing and self-assessment. Great app!
Bottom Line: Download this app!
Walkthrough and review of the Radiology 2.0 and Radiopaedia iPad apps and their potential role for medical student and resident education. Overall, both are great free apps for students. Both take on a case-based approach to learning – great for clinical correlation; however, this may not be ideal if one is trying to learn the basics of radiology. Both apps have a lot of cases available, but since they are case-based, they aren’t comprehensive radiology apps and should be used as supplementary materials.
Bottom Line: Download these apps!
APPS REVIEWED:
The Wheel HD
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-wheel-hd/id418797063?mt=8
iPad formatted, replicates the traditional wheel, but allows for drop-down field entry
Pregnancy Wheel HD
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pregnancy-wheel-hd-due-date/id405043249?mt=8
iPad formatted, full replication of traditional wheel, no option to enter in dates via drop-down
Perfect OB Wheel
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/perfect-ob-wheel/id293656711?mt=8
iPhone-native app, one of the better formatted, no wheel, allows for drop-down entry of dates.
Pregnancy Wheel+
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pregnancy-wheel+/id451012206?mt=8
Similar to the above app – no wheel, but allows for drop-down entry of dates.
Pregnancy Wheel
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pregnancy-wheel/id366140272?mt=8
iPhone-native app – difficult to get an exact date as you can only manipulate the wheel.
Interesting app that could be used for patient education for sports-related injuries.
Bottom line:
The app is not the easiest to navigate through and is targeted more for patient education than for a medical reference. Having a good anatomy atlas may be an appropriate substitute for this app
This review is intended to provide an overview of Pocket Brain, the new interactive neuroanatomy app by eMedia and compare its features to other other iOS based neuroanatomy apps. In short, Pocket Brain is the most comprehensive, interactive, and functional neuroanatomy app out there. It is worth the investment of any student studying neuroanatomy.
A sterile iPad sleeve for the iPad and a customizable patient education package for peri-operative patients by EchoMedical:
Read about how the features of the new iPad released for sale on March 16, 2012 can make a difference for physicians:
http://www.imedicalapps.com/2012/03/five-features-apple-ipad-help-physicians/
This online text may give you another resource for studying- http://www.ophthobook.com/ The videos don’t currently play on the iPad; however, the authors plan to place them in iTunes asap.
If you need help on iPad basics, consider these apps: Top 100 Tips for iPad (free), iPad Secrets ($0.99), and Secrets for iPad ($0.99). If the cost for this apps is prohibitive, email Dr. Ypma-Wong who will provide a code so you can take advantage of these apps and use your iPad more efficiently. Also, 50 really useful iPad tips and tricks has some good pointers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9079334/iPads-carry-RSI-risk.html
Interesting articles on RSI injuries associated with the iPad and tablet use.