Mobile NBM - Android medical mobile application designed to help in learning how to identify the different regions of interest in the brain's white matter

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dc.contributor.authorSánchez Rola, Iskander
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Zapirain, Begoña
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-07T10:36:59Z
dc.date.available2026-05-07T10:36:59Z
dc.date.issued2014-07-18
dc.date.updated2026-05-07T10:36:59Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: One of the most critical tasks when conducting neurological studies is identifying the different regions of interest in the brain's white matter. Currently few programs or applications are available that serve as an interactive guide in this process. This is why a mobile application has been designed and developed in order to teach users how to identify the referred regions of the brain. It also enables users to share the results obtained and take an examination on the knowledge thus learnt. In order to provide direct user-user or user-developer contact, the project includes a website and a Twitter account. Results: An application has been designed with a basic, minimalist look, which anyone can access easily in order to learn to identify a specific region in the brain's white matter. A survey has also been conducted on people who have used it, which has shown that the application is attractive both in the student (final mean satisfaction of 4.2/5) and in the professional (final mean satisfaction of 4.3/5) environment. The response obtained in the online part of the project reflects the high practical value and quality of the application, as shown by the fact that the website has seen a large number of visitors (over 1000 visitors) and the Twitter account has a high number of followers (over 280 followers). Conclusions: Mobile NBM is the first mobile application to be used as a guide in the process of identifying a region of interest in the brain's white matter. Although initially not many areas are available in the application, new ones can be added as required by users in their respective studies. Apart from the application itself, the online resources provided (website and Twitter account) significantly enhance users' experience. © 2014 Sánchez-Rola and Zapirain; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was jointly funded by the Bizkailab Programme and Basque Government Department of Universities and Researchen
dc.identifier.citationSánchez-Rola, I., & Zapirain, B. G. (2014). Mobile NBM - Android medical mobile application designed to help in learning how to identify the different regions of interest in the brain’s white matter. BMC Medical Education, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-14-148
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1472-6920-14-148
dc.identifier.eissn1472-6920
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/5886
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltd.
dc.rights© 2014 Sánchez-Rola and Zapirain
dc.subject.otherAndroid
dc.subject.otherBrain
dc.subject.otherMedical education
dc.subject.otherMobile application
dc.subject.otherRegion of interest
dc.subject.otherTechnology-enhanced learning
dc.subject.otherTractography
dc.subject.otherWhite matter
dc.titleMobile NBM - Android medical mobile application designed to help in learning how to identify the different regions of interest in the brain's white matteren
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.titleBMC Medical Education
oaire.citation.volume14
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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