解剖學為醫學教育之一重大基礎，藉由學習人體的複雜的構造結構進而踏入醫學領域的殿堂。然而，近年來由於醫學教育的改革轉變包括強調臨床經驗等等，在醫學訓練課程中，解剖學的課程時間逐漸縮減。為了適應學習方式的改變，許多新的科技與方法因應而生，被引進解剖學教育之中。其中，影像科技的進步，更為解剖學教育開啟了新視野。
在本研究中，我們利用擴增實境技術設計一個可以幫助醫學院學生更容易了
解與記憶3D 解剖構造的頭骨互動系統，此系統為一可拆解組合的頭骨模型，每塊骨骼上都有標籤指示構造名稱。為了研究學習效果與學生和系統的互動的關係，本研究利用此擴增實境學習系統作為教材，幫助醫學院學生學習頭骨的3D 立體構造。相較於傳統圖譜的學習，藉由直接與3D 頭骨模型的互動，擴增實境的學習系統可幫助第一次學習解剖學的學生們更快且更有效率的了解頭骨的3D 立體構造與其相對位置。
另外，本研究之使用者回饋同時也指出了系統與傳統圖譜在學習上的優缺點，
將可作為未來改進擴增實境系統或者解剖學教育的參考。

Anatomy, the study of the structure of the human body, is fundamental to medical education. In recent years, the hours devoted to anatomy are declining from the medical curriculum. This decline includes the reduction of course hours and an emphasis on early clinical experience. To adapt to those changes in anatomy education, various complementary methods with technology of three-dimensional visualization have been tried, and the explosion of image technology during the last few decades and this has brought anatomical education into a new world. In this study, we use augmented reality (AR) technology to create an interactive learning system, which help medical students to understand and memorize the 3D anatomy structure easily with tangible augmented reality support.
The AR learning system includes a 3D skull model which can be separated into 17 parts, and each part of the skull has structure labels on it. To measure the learning effectiveness, this research uses AR learning system as the learning material to help medical school students to learn the 3D structure of the skull. By working directly with 3D skull model with visual support, this AR learning system can help young medical students to learn the complex anatomy structure better and faster than only with traditional methods. Finally, the feedbacks and suggestions highlighted the system’s advantages and shortcomings that provide the references for future work, including the development of AR training model and anatomical education.

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