Cinematic Anatomy
Your virtual learning experience in anatomy education
Overview
Source: CR of dataset from The Cancer Imaging Archive. https://doi.org/10.7937/k9/tcia.2018.6emub5l2
Cinematic Anatomy is an immersive application designed to transform anatomy education at medical universities, schools and hospitals.
Based on the patented Cinematic Rendering algorithm real patient data (CT/MR DICOM) is visualized in a three-dimensionally photorealistic view enabling to easily understand the spatial characteristics of anatomical structures and pathologies.
The user can explore the diversity and complexity of human anatomy on a PC, with Stereoview 3D Glasses or in Virtual/Augmented reality set ups.
Features
Cinematic Anatomy improves anatomy education with various features

Use cases
Student use case -Demo video
Educator use case -Demo video
Surgeon use case -Demo video
Cinematic Anatomy helps to address your needs

Today´s Challenges in anatomy education:
- Limited options for teaching anatomical structures due traditional teacher-centered lecture format and standardized models and plane illustrations
- Difficult representation of spatial complexity due to 2D visualization
- Lack of real patient cases
Cinematic Anatomy helps students to
- Better and faster understand anatomical structures and spatial characteristics through photorealistic 3D visualization
- Combine knowledge from 2D anatomy books with 3D visualization
- Understand the diverse and complex individual anatomy, anatomical variations, pathology, and age-related degeneration
- Reduce dependency on body donations while decreasing the cost of cadaver courses, models and illustrative materials
- Enhance your institution's reputation and its attractiveness to students

Today´s Challenges for Physicians & Scientists:
- Need for training and education on complex anatomical problems and visualization of their spatial relations
- Limited option for sufficient interdisciplinary exchange across departmental boundaries
- Lack of innovative technology for academic use at conferences
Cinematic Anatomy helps you to
- Sustain patient loyalty while increasing patient satisfaction with improved visualization of complex anatomical problems
- Enhance training of resident physicians with CR for better understanding of spatial relations
- Enhance workforce productivity while reducing time with improved interdisciplinary communication among physicians and patients.
- Provide accurate spatial visualization of research results and ease of sharing contents and images with peers
- Enhance your reputation as cutting-edge institution

Today´s Challenges for Science Centers:
- Need to target a new generation of audiences.
- Lack of economical support that lead to more economic ownership and innovation
- Increase of audience and making themselves 'more relevant' for the community
Cinematic Anatomy helps you to
- Improve visual presentation with a flexible setup for new subject areas.
- Open up new content fields with the possibility to explain medical content in an easy way and attract your institutions for a new audience
- Enhance your institution´s reputation and differentiate from competitors
Customer voices
Explore what our customers think about Cinematic Anatomy
„The advantage of virtual dissection with Cinematic Anatomy – apart from the cost – is that it’s reversible. And because the photorealistic visualizations are from real patient cases, you still feel a high emotional engagement of the students.“1

„The quality of the visualization of structures and tissues with Cinematic Rendering is amazing. It allows for lively lectures and intensifies the understanding of anatomical structures and spatial characteristics through photo-realistic visualization. I am totally convinced that this application must and will find its way into the anatomy education in the near future.“1

Prof. Dr. Michael Scholz, Anatomical Institute Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen
The project "Virtual Anatomy" by the Ars Electronica Futurelab in cooperation with Siemens Healthineers and the JKU Linz has been awarded at the E&T Innovation Awards 2022 for "Best Emerging Technology of the Year". Additionally the team achieved a silver medal in the category "Most innovative solution in digital health and social care".
Read the full article here
- Research report: On the added benefit of virtual anatomy for dissection-based skills
- Radiological Society of North America: Intra-Arterial CT Angiography Cinematic Rendering in Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Read the study: Leveraging medical imaging for medical education - A cinematic rendering-featured lecture
- Virtual Anatomy: The Dissecting Theatre of the Future - Implementation of Cinematic Rendering in a Large 8 K High-Resolution Projection Environment
- A Crossover Study Comparing a Novel 3D Reconstruction Technique to Conventional CT
- Three-dimensional perception of cinematic rendering versus conventional volume rendering using CT and CBCT data of the facial skeleton
- Photorealistic Depiction of the Intracranial Venous System. Radiology 2022; 304:295–296
Events
Cinematic Anatomy Q&A sessions
Would you like to discover more about the new application from Siemens Healthineers using MR and CT cinematic rendering to help you teach anatomy. Please register with the contact form below.

Available dates:
Q&A sessions for new / trial license user
- Mondays 12 – 1.00 pm (CET)
- Fridays 3.30 – 4.30 pm (CET)
Cinematic Anatomy Expert Talk series - latest sessions
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10-day trial package

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Tutorial videos
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Software package for activation with license key
The products/features and/or service offerings (here mentioned) are not commercially available in all countries and/or for all modalities. If the services are not marketed in countries due to regulatory or other reasons, the service offering cannot be guaranteed. Please contact your local Siemens Healthineers organization for further details. Not for clinical use. For training purposes only.
The statements by Siemens Healthineers’ customers described herein are based on results that were achieved in the customer’s unique setting. Since there is no “typical” hospital and many variables exist (e.g., hospital size, case mix, level of IT adoption) there can be no guarantee that other customers will achieve the same results.