Less risk during surgery, thanks to virtual body parts
source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17274-virtual-body-parts-take-the-guesswork-out-of-med...
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Surgery can be a risky process if certain descisions aren't made with care. That's why doctors are developing virtual simulations of human body parts, to test surgeries before doing the real thing.
An array of simulations are being created to cater for different cases, which doctors may come across. One example comes from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, who have replicated a person's gait, which will be a part of trail programmes in clinics to analyse the affects of cerebral palsy.
The UK's University College London have simulated blood flowing through a brain aneurism, while researchers at the University of Oxford have created a virtual model of the changing direction of blood flow when the heart contracts.
These blood simulations could identify how drugs affect how blood flows through the designated area.
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*Image not representation of actual virtual images...those can be found in the video on the linked webpage
An array of simulations are being created to cater for different cases, which doctors may come across. One example comes from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, who have replicated a person's gait, which will be a part of trail programmes in clinics to analyse the affects of cerebral palsy.
The UK's University College London have simulated blood flowing through a brain aneurism, while researchers at the University of Oxford have created a virtual model of the changing direction of blood flow when the heart contracts.
These blood simulations could identify how drugs affect how blood flows through the designated area.
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*Image not representation of actual virtual images...those can be found in the video on the linked webpage
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