The Virtual Temporal Bone

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The model, which viewers explore using a wand and a special pair of eyeglasses while facing a 20-square-foot screen called an ImmersaDesk^TM, allows surgeons to familiarize themselves with the complex spatial relationships of structures composing the ear. It also offers students of all ages an unprecedented opportunity to "get inside" a hidden part of the body.

Display of the tiny structures of the inner ear on the ImmersaDesk.

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