Not worth the $10
This app looked promising but it was very disappointing. The quality of the images is terrible, the pin method is ineffective and the interface is not very user friendly. I would not recommend it at all and I’m surprised it has 4.2 stars
Download issues
Won’t let me download the app…. N I need help
It’s a real stinker
To be avoided as it appears to be made for a much smaller screen . Everything is blurry and it freezes constantly. Wish I could get my money back.
Extremely disappointing...
I got this mainly for a neuroanatomy course and its .. useless..
1. The “search” option is not good, i can’t just click on the head and have it zoom in on the brain, i have to search up a structure that is inside the skull for it to remove the skull? I can’t even ask it to remove a layer right from the beginning.
2. There are no labels for anything? So essentially if i think maybe that a structure is the corpus callosum, i can’t just click it or see the names of the structures, i again have to search corpus callosum, and see if it points to the same structure.
3. You can tell it to take certain sections but you cannot tell it how. Eg, i want to see coronal sections of the brain but i would prefer to view from an anterior perspective (as if i were looking at the person) which i know is just picky but there is no way.. i have to view it from the back. There is an option to make your own cuts but then when you make your own cuts there isnt an option to slide the cut to fully view all the structures front to back.
4. I just downloaded it on a brand new iPad Pro an its having trouble doing things at an appropriate speed, its buggy. It takes a few seconds for it to register that i swiped or pressed something.
5. I tried going to the question mark (help section) and its just a blank scream that plays music (presumably a video without the image) and when i try to click on a help video it just adjusts the volume....? I have no idea where that came from..
6. When you are scrolling on the model, it can only go up/down or left/right, it can’t be just toggled to get the view you actually want, which is literally the entire point of having a model instead of a textbook.
For $13.99 this app is absolute garbage and i really hope i can get my money back because it has 0 educational value for me.
1. The “search” option is not good, i can’t just click on the head and have it zoom in on the brain, i have to search up a structure that is inside the skull for it to remove the skull? I can’t even ask it to remove a layer right from the beginning.
2. There are no labels for anything? So essentially if i think maybe that a structure is the corpus callosum, i can’t just click it or see the names of the structures, i again have to search corpus callosum, and see if it points to the same structure.
3. You can tell it to take certain sections but you cannot tell it how. Eg, i want to see coronal sections of the brain but i would prefer to view from an anterior perspective (as if i were looking at the person) which i know is just picky but there is no way.. i have to view it from the back. There is an option to make your own cuts but then when you make your own cuts there isnt an option to slide the cut to fully view all the structures front to back.
4. I just downloaded it on a brand new iPad Pro an its having trouble doing things at an appropriate speed, its buggy. It takes a few seconds for it to register that i swiped or pressed something.
5. I tried going to the question mark (help section) and its just a blank scream that plays music (presumably a video without the image) and when i try to click on a help video it just adjusts the volume....? I have no idea where that came from..
6. When you are scrolling on the model, it can only go up/down or left/right, it can’t be just toggled to get the view you actually want, which is literally the entire point of having a model instead of a textbook.
For $13.99 this app is absolute garbage and i really hope i can get my money back because it has 0 educational value for me.
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Awesome for Teaching Neuro Basics
I use this app to show directional terms, planes of dissection, lobes etc. Very easy to use and great tools like slicing, pen to write on screen\images, and short clips to detail disease effects such as myelin degradation in MS. Love it!
Could use a tweek
I purposely have not upgraded to iOS 11 until the update is complete for this app.
The issue I have is that pins are in the way of structures. I would suggest being able to turn off selective pins - toggle.
Otherwise it is a very nice app.
The issue I have is that pins are in the way of structures. I would suggest being able to turn off selective pins - toggle.
Otherwise it is a very nice app.
Needs update
Does not work with IOS 11.
Will be dead soon
On first launch on iOS 10, a dialog tells me the app may not work soon. Presumably because it is 32 bit or something. Besides that, the UI is horribly unintuitive. I can't imagine using this for demonstration with patients and fumbling through the UI. Also the cuts on the scans are super thick - like a total of 10 transverse cuts. Not a whole lot of detail over just getting some images off google.
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Know my enemy!
Awesome! I'm using it to explore my brain. I had a stroke two years ago and want to learn!
Great App for Med School
This app helped me understand the neuro spatial relationships for med school. I especially like how the brain can be oriented in different planes and dimensions, and each view has the option to show pins on the various structures. It also offers the option to add notes onto individual pins, or to add your own pins. It's well worth the money--just wish I would have found this app sooner.
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Too incomplete
- many functional areas of the brain are missing. The best you'll get in the cortex is broadmann areas, sulci, and gyri. Nothing like "prefrontal cortex".
- sub nuclei in areas like the pons, Amygdala, etc, are not present. For example, no locus coeruleus.
- major white matter fasiculla are missing
- layers go directly from "brain" to basal ganglia. No way to, for example, hide the gray matter and show the white. In general, layers are not very flexible.
- I can't seem to delete my custom pin
- rotation is more limited than you'd expect because they seem to be using pre rendered images.
- this is probably much better for learning peripheral nerves than it is for learning brain areas.
- for some reason there are no public notes on pins.
- you can show and hide pins but they are not categorized by type. So for example if you want to hide blood vessel pins there is no easy way to do it
I'm only semi-impressed with this app. It's better than anything else I've seen yet but there are still a bunch of little things they could have easily done better.
- sub nuclei in areas like the pons, Amygdala, etc, are not present. For example, no locus coeruleus.
- major white matter fasiculla are missing
- layers go directly from "brain" to basal ganglia. No way to, for example, hide the gray matter and show the white. In general, layers are not very flexible.
- I can't seem to delete my custom pin
- rotation is more limited than you'd expect because they seem to be using pre rendered images.
- this is probably much better for learning peripheral nerves than it is for learning brain areas.
- for some reason there are no public notes on pins.
- you can show and hide pins but they are not categorized by type. So for example if you want to hide blood vessel pins there is no easy way to do it
I'm only semi-impressed with this app. It's better than anything else I've seen yet but there are still a bunch of little things they could have easily done better.
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Very incomplete
I bought this app expecting to be able to see and learn more about various structures and areas of the nervous system.
I have now used the app for a few days and I am very disappointed. While it is beautiful, half of the stuff I am trying to look up is not there! Pretty basic structures / areas such as "limbic system", "anterior cingulate cortex", "somatosensory cortex", "dorsal horn" are not covered at all.
I cannot recommend this app.
I have now used the app for a few days and I am very disappointed. While it is beautiful, half of the stuff I am trying to look up is not there! Pretty basic structures / areas such as "limbic system", "anterior cingulate cortex", "somatosensory cortex", "dorsal horn" are not covered at all.
I cannot recommend this app.
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No updates for > year
This app and its series seems to have been abandoned by 3D4. They seem to be heading towards subscriptions model.
Brain and Nervous System Pro III
This app is difficult to use. I'm a medical student And I've been using the essential anatomy 5 app for over a year and decided to get this one to help out with neuro. This app is completely different and had I not known it was made by the same company, I wouldn't have guessed because of how rudimentary the interface is. I like the idea of this app but they really need to come up with some major updates to bring it up to speed with their other apps.
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Excellent!!!
Just Excellent!!!! Used in class to help demonstrate some very difficult concepts.
Love it!
I was lucky enough to catch the entire package of 3d4Medical's apps on sale a few months ago and can't say enough about how they've helped me understand A&P. I'm both an EMT instructor and paramedic student and Essential Anatomy 5 helps me on both fronts. Great job!
Buy this App - great graphics & animation of brain!!!
This app has a cool layers feature where each layer is a fairly detailed and well rendered surface of the brain, dura,vascular, cortex, ventricles, limbic, thalamus. It has lots of good resolution slices in all 3 directions, good UI, and several animations, including a totally awesome nerve firing and transmission thru synapse. While 3D Brain has good graphics and lots of info and links, this 3D4Medical app has frickin great graphics!
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More Animations
Great graphics and idea, easy to use. More animations would have it much better. From the current ones which are very good I look forward to more!
Well worth the cost
$10 is considered a lot on the App Store, but it's a bargain for what you get. Not only does this app offer multiple layer and cut views, but it lets you customize which pins show up so that you can get as detailed or as general as you like. In spite of a complex feature set, the controls and settings are relatively easy to use, letting get to the business of educating and learning very quickly.
That being said, the app is not perfect. There is always more it could offer in terms of features and views. For example, it provides several images of the circle of Willis, but it does not--as far as I have figured out so far--allow you to see a labeled view of the circle in the context of the rest of the brain. Additionally, while there appears to be a handy social feature allowing for community discussion of different parts of the brain, either no one ever uses it or the feature is not actually functional, as no public comments are ever available.
These, and other, imperfections mean there is always room for improvement. Nevertheless, this app is incredible and likely the best brain anatomy tool for iOS. I highly recommend any student or educator splurge for the sake of knowledge and skip a few days of coffee to buy this app. You won't regret it.
That being said, the app is not perfect. There is always more it could offer in terms of features and views. For example, it provides several images of the circle of Willis, but it does not--as far as I have figured out so far--allow you to see a labeled view of the circle in the context of the rest of the brain. Additionally, while there appears to be a handy social feature allowing for community discussion of different parts of the brain, either no one ever uses it or the feature is not actually functional, as no public comments are ever available.
These, and other, imperfections mean there is always room for improvement. Nevertheless, this app is incredible and likely the best brain anatomy tool for iOS. I highly recommend any student or educator splurge for the sake of knowledge and skip a few days of coffee to buy this app. You won't regret it.
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Ok - had hoped for a little better
Bought after the Essential Anatomy App (which is great). This is a bit clunky and the navigation is not as smooth. The "pins" system doesn't work as well as the highlighted area one in the other app either. That said, everything seems to be in the right place and it is pretty comprehensive. The developer is pretty good at updates so maybe we'll see some improvements soon.
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