Visual Bones

OVERVIEW:
Visual Bones is an interactive reference, and education tool. It not only covers bones from all the main regions of the body but also includes internal skull bones, nasal cartilages, laryngeal skeleton, hand bones and foot bones. In additional, it includes several ligaments in the shoulder region and knee region and 6 types of synovial joints.

The app contains 51 high-resolution images including 14 single bone images (major bones) from Gray’s Anatomy and more than 200 feature points which can be interactively selected. All 37 region bone images were generated from the 3D rendering of the 3D virtual human skeleton. Once a feature point is selected, a bone or region is highlighted and it can be viewed in the anterior, posterior or lateral view. Each feature has its own label and short description. The app also has search function which can be used as searching the labels of all feature points.  In additional, 3 quizzes with 76 multi-choice questions also are included.


USES:
This app’s primary use is as a learning tool but can also be used for any professional who needs the occasional reminder. Additionally, this app is ideal for physicians, educators or professionals, allowing them to visually show detailed areas to their patients or students - helping to educate or explain conditions, ailments and injuries.


FEATURES:
•No internet connection is required.
•Tap and Zoom - zoom into and identify any region, bone or other feature by tapping on the screen.
•Quiz mode – can be used as the flash card as it displays the highlighted region with no label.
•Quick Navigation - jump to a different region by selecting the thumbnail.
•Multi-choice quiz.
•High-resolution images.
•Free periodic updates.

CONTENTS:
Skull, Skull internal, Nasal Cartilages, Spine Column, Rib Cage, Arm Bones, Hand Bones, Pelvis, Knee, Foot Bones, Synovial Joints.  

HOW TO USE:
The user is presented with a high-quality 3D bone images. The user can zoom in to any area  by tapping on the zoom in button and using the single finger panning function. The feature point (cross) can be selected by tapping on it and bone or region is highlighted. Detail button allows you to switch on/off the short description. Quiz mode button allows you to switch on/off the label and short description. The rotation icons on the top of screen can be pressed to change the view of bones.
User also can switch off the transparent text background by changing the “Text Transparent Setting” option (activated by the menu key in the main window).

SEARCH:
When you input more than one characters, the search function automatically gives a list of potential key words. You can just select one of them from the list. The result will be the feature point on the anatomy image, label and short description.

For Sony Ericsson xperia users !!!!!!
1. Please use menu button on your phone to activate the menu option on your main acitivity windows(The icon  windows).
2. Click the Text Transparent Setting option
3. Select the Opaque option.
That will solve the description cut-off problem.
The setting will be saved so that you do not have to set it everytime you start the program.