IRiS: an interactive reality system for breast self-examination training

This paper presents a novel interactive reality video playback approach developed for biomedical training purposes, and tested on a prototype breast self-examination (BSE) multimedia training application. The system is developed in order to improve on existing video playback approaches as used in multimedia applications by providing control over not only time, as in conventional video playback, but also space. The benefits of interactive reality video playback are presented and the approach is compared with other similar approaches, such as QuickTime and iPIX. The design, development, final implementation, testing and evaluation plan of the IRiS system are presented. The paper also discusses future plans and the use of the system in other biomedical training scenarios.