Fetal Brain Tutor 4us: an app for interactive multiplanar navigation through the normal fetal brain

Ghi, T.; Dall’Asta, A.; Conturso, R.; Volpe, N.; Schivardi, N.; Monopoli, V.; Preziosa, A.; Tutschek, B.

doi:10.1002/uog.18957

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“…VR objects simulate an “ideal” US scan allowing the operator to navigate through the 3D US volume in standard orientations, identify the correct plane, and demonstrate the relevant findings. The use of these VR objects displaying normal and abnormal fetal brain findings has been proposed . Nevertheless, there is paucity of evidence demonstrating their actual role in improving the learning process among the trainees.…”

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“…Each plane can be reached by simple scrolling gestures, and key anatomical structures' labels are available at one's fingertip. Moreover, a future version of the application will include volumes acquired at later gestational ages, allowing the user to appreciate how the US appearance of the normal fetal brain changes across gestation and sulcation increases progressively from midtrimester to term …”

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“…According to the design of the study, a multiple‐choice question (MCQ) quiz was administered in two separate sessions: the first before and the second 2 weeks after the downloading and the use of the FBTApp, whose detailed properties have been described elsewhere . Briefly, the FBTApp consists in a volume dataset of the fetal brain at 20 weeks' gestation that is split into individual frames and amenable for navigation on the axial, coronal, and sagittal planes.…”

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“…Over the last decade, virtual reality (VR) objects have been proposed to improve training in US . Very recently, our group presented the “Fetal Brain Tutor 4us” App (FBTApp), a new smartphone/tablet application based on a US image developed for interactive multiplanar navigation of the normal midgestational fetal brain …”

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“…7,8 Very recently, our group presented the "Fetal Brain Tutor 4us" App (FBTApp), a new smartphone/tablet application based on a US image developed for interactive multiplanar navigation of the normal midgestational fetal brain. 9 In this study, we aimed to evaluate the educational value of the FBTApp in the learning process of the normal fetal brain imaging. In particular, we were interested to explore whether the use of the app by a group junior doctors may improve their ability to recognize the fetal cerebral structures on the different US planes.…”

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Objective The “Fetal Brain Tutor 4us” (FBTApp) is a recently developed application for interactive multiplanar navigation through the normal fetal brain. The purpose of this work was to assess its impact on normal anatomy learning. Methods A multiple‐choice quiz (MCQ) was administered to first‐year resident doctors in Obstetrics and Gynecology in two separate sessions, before and 2 weeks after downloading the FBTApp. For each MCQ, the junior trainee was asked to use one out of five items to label a specific cerebral structure on an ultrasound image of a normal midtrimester fetal brain. Six sonographic images of the fetal brain on each of the three scanning planes (axial, sagittal, and coronal) were shown to the participants at either session. The results of the two sessions were analysed and compared. Results Overall, 216 questions were administered to the trainees in the 2‐week study, 108 before and 108 after the use of the FBTApp. From the first to the second sessions, a significant increase of correct answers was noted (from 47/108 or 43% to 77/108 or 71%, P < 0.01). Particularly, a better improvement was obtained in the correct labelling of cerebral structures on the nonaxial (from 32% to 67%, +35%) vs axial (from 67% to 81%, +14%) view planes of the brain (P < 0.01). Conclusion The use of FBTApp seems capable to improve the knowledge of the normal fetal brain anatomy in subjects naive to dedicated prenatal ultrasound. This improvement seems greater on nonaxial planes.

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