The user experiences a computer-generated world, displayed on a monitor, in which the user can navigate and interact. The scene presents a patient, an X-ray machine, and a detector (film). Just as in the real world, the user can perform radiographic examinations of any part of the body.

The simulator immediately presents geometrically correct radiographs from the positions of the patient, X-ray machine and detector. The user communicates with the simulator through a 3D interface. The interaction and navigation is facilitated by displaying the scene in stereo, producing a 3D image. The manoeuvring of the simulator resembles the way ordinary radiographic examinations are performed, making the use of the interface both intuitive and easy.