{"id":150322,"date":"2025-12-17T08:58:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//?p=150322"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:54:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:54:39","slug":"student-research-expands-medical-education-in-virtual-reality-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//student-research-expands-medical-education-in-virtual-reality-spaces/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//","title":{"rendered":"Student Research Expands Medical Education in Virtual Reality Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The foundation of future medical educational tools may have just been developed at UCF thanks to an interdisciplinary collaboration for student research projects.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<p>As part of the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//www.cecs.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/">UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//a> Fall 2025 Senior Design Showcase, two <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//research/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/">research</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//a> projects featured <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//med.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/">UCF College of Medicine</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//a> faculty mentorship that resulted in new ways for students and medical professionals to collaborate in <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//health-and-human-performance/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/">health sciences</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//a> and medical education.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<p>Judges selected the two projects to be featured in the yearly showcase because of their quality and potential for real-world application.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<p>The students received invaluable experience and the technologies developed are ready to be further refined by another incoming group of UCF undergraduates.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<figure 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/">Seniors Brayden Weber, Nabeeha Vorajee, Jose Hernandez, Francisco Picazo, Anthony Castillo and Julian Mendez worked on a heart imaging project as developers. (Photo by Eddy Duryea)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<h2>Understanding Congenital Heart Defects Through Immersive Technology</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<p>If Nabeeha Vorajee were was in a clinical setting, she would need a mask, scalpel and medical scrubs to explore the anatomy of the heart. But she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/u2019s not a medical student and the heart she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/u2019s studying isn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/u2019t real thanks to new technology she helped develop.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<p>Vorajee&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;senior&nbsp;UCF&nbsp;<a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//computer-science-bs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/">computer science</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//a>&nbsp;major,&nbsp;and the heart is&nbsp;made of thousands of pixels residing in a&nbsp;simulated classroom accessible through virtual reality&nbsp;(VR).</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<p>Students wear a virtual reality headset to better understand CT scans of the heart. Using AI, the system categorizes the images for common heart defects. It also creates a 3D digital twin of the heart that students can interact with through the headset.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<p>Vorajee/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/u2019s team took the learning system a step further and applied it for medical education. They integrated AI learning and the ability to highlight, isolate and segment different parts of the heart. If users have questions about what they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/u2019re seeing, they can ask the AI data set without leaving the session.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<p>Users can import cardiac CT scans and transform them into a 3D heart, which allows them to take the model and learn beyond the classroom, Vorajee says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/u201cComputers and VR headsets are a lot more easily available than an actual heart,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/u201cIf a student wanted to study up, they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/u2019ll be able to do so a lot easier with this program than they will be able to find a heart./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150322/n<p>The project included guidance and mentorship by Laura Brattain, associate 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