Google Body Browser

http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/body.html#ui=0,0&opa=s:0.24,m:0.15,sk:0.39,c:0.39,o:0.42,ci:0.36,n:0.45&sel=&lab=&nav=1.57,120,160

[ Emilie says : A great start. See my feedback below for the weaknesses I found. (This could be much better made in a "Second Life" like environment). See also "The Visible Human Project"
Google's Body Browser requires a browser that supports WebGL, a cross-paltform low-level 3D graphics API not yet supported by legacy browsers, Google Chrome, Safari and Firefox all support it natively, as it uses the HTML5 Canvas element and so does not require Flash, Java or any other graphical plugins to run.

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Body Browser Feedback

https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/google.com/viewform?formkey=dEo3MU5LNVNDZGJDbDk2V212WHpkVnc6MQ&ndplr=1

Let us know a little bit about your experience and what we can do to make Body Browser better. Though we will be reviewing all of the feedback that's received, please note that we won't be able to reply to any feedback or requests for support. Google's use of this data is governed by our privacy policy found at http://www.google.com/privacy.html

What would you use Body Browser for, in its current form?

• Teaching children about their bodies.
• Teaching correct nomenclature.
• As an aide to teaching first aid.
• Explaining anatomy and medical conditions to adults.

If you could add one feature to Body Browser, what would it be? (Feel free to list other feature requests if you have them.)

• Being able to toggle sex.
• Being able to change age.
• Being able to undress the manikin.
• A lot more detail for eye/ear/brain/heart/lungs/reproductive organs etc. Linkable labels perhaps?
• Moving the the labels to the side, showing them as an explorable taxonomic tree and using lines to connect the labels to the labelled object.
• Being able to change BMI and show effect of obesity/malnourishment on organs.
• Being able to add objects/layers/textures and maybe to replace objects via an API to show indications, dressings, splints, prosthetics, disease progressions and so on.
• Given the prevalence of disorders, consider adding cartilage and lymph layers and make it easier to display it.
• Being able to browse by taxonomy, showing the taxonomic tree. allowing branches to be shown and hidden, and allowing components to be made visible and invisible on the tree, as well as able to select between 3D model and actual images (see more below).
• Being able to browse by disease/indication and allow others to add and link to this (consider supporting "medical boards" which might "vet" information provided, or allow embedding on sites which would allow medical/educational providers to provide authoritative information).
• Being able to switch the labels to a range of languages in both scientific and laymen's terminology.
• Being able to "explode" the body to show organs and their relationships more easily.
• Having one lifted arm (or being able to lift one) to be able to explore the underarm lymph system and breast area.
• Being able to make slices through the body (like a computer assisted tomographic browser) and view the slices either as graphics or actual slices.
• Being able to switch between the 3D model and actual slices. e.g. The Visible Human Project at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/applications.html
• Add ability to create video "tours", annotate and video them.

Anything you don't like or would like us to change?

• Female circumcision is always obscene and a total clitorectemy as shown here totally violates the human rights of victim.
• Inability to change sex/age.
• Inability to view body without clothes.
• Inability to see into body except via text search already knowing the appropriate search term.
• Provide controls to allow the body to be spun and rotated rather than just the primitive rotation accessible through gimbaling.

If we made your suggested improvements, what would you do with Body Browser?

• More advanced teaching.
• Possibly creating video presentations/slides to assist patients and their families in describing, diagnosing and comprehending disease, injuries, treatments and progressions.
• Suggest Doctors and nurses use it to explain things to patients.

Did you experience any technical difficulty? (If Yes, please provide details. Let us know if you use a Mac, Windows, or Linux machine, and which Web browser you're using.)

• Chrome thought that this page contained German.
• Rotating the body to obtain views of the genitals is challenging, and the underarm area is not visible. This makes the body unsuited to to communicate effectively about the breast or genital areas.
• Being able to identify specific muscles and nerves in the facial and neck area due to label overlapping (difficulty finding angles identifying clearly which label belonged to which object).
• On completing the feedback form, I don't get the chance to email a copy to myself, and it is filed as feedback for https://spreadsheets.google.com