1. Applications Health Sciences July 2001

2. Distributed Medical Informatics Education  Covers a broad range of fields including electronic medical records and information retrieval  Distance learning provides students with access to faculty, expertise, and other students Oregon Health & Science University and the University of Pittsburgh http://www.cbmi.upmc.edu/ http://www.ohsu.edu/bicc-informatics/

3. Human Embryo Development  3-D visualizations of human embryo development  Doctors can manipulate data remotely  Animations of embryo system development for students George Mason University, Oregon Health & Science University, National Library of Medicine http://www.ohsu.edu/chrc/ http://www.nac.gmu.edu/visembryo.htm

4. Renal Physiology Modules  Overcomes the limits of one-dimensional mediums to represent dynamic systems of the body  The modules allow students to integrate and apply their knowledge to real-life problems Stanford University Virtual Labs Project http://summit.stanford.edu/hhmi

5. Anatomy and Surgery Workbench and Local NGI Testbed Network  Allows students to learn anatomy and practice surgery techniques using 3-D workstations  Network testbed evaluates the effectiveness of workbench applications Stanford University School of Medicine http://haiti.stanford.edu/~ngi/final/

6. Surveyor  Web-based research environment integrates rural health data with GIS technology  Support for rural health care practitioners in underserved areas University of Wyoming, Wyoming Department of Health http://www.wims.uwyo.edu/

7. NLM Testbed for Collaborative Videoconferencing  Provides an environment for videoconferencing in distance learning programs  Transmits a variety of medical information, including data from instruments National Library of Medicine http://tlc.nlm.nih.gov/distancelearningandcollaboration.html

8. Virtual Pelvic Floor  Provides 3-D visualization of complex anatomical structures  Participants use ImmersaDesk™ systems to interact with 3-D anatomical model University of Illinois at Chicago http://www.sbhis.uic.edu/vrml/Research/ PelvicFloor/PelvicFloor.htm

9. Virtual Aneurysm  A simulation and virtual reality visualization of brain blood flow  Researchers examine critical flow pattern and evaluate simulated surgical interventions University of California at Los Angeles http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~dalee/radsci/