3D Medical Imaging
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Brendan O’Keefe, BME 181 University of Rhode Island
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3D Medical Imaging. Brendan O’Keefe, BME 181 University of Rhode Island. Introduction. The field of medicine today relies heavily on medical imaging History-X-Ray, CAT scan, MRI Improved resolutions and computing power IBM—”Avatar”. History. Dates back to 1895—Conrad Roentgen - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Brendan O’Keefe, BME 181University of Rhode Island
The field of medicine today relies heavily on medical imaging
History-X-Ray, CAT scan, MRI Improved resolutions and computing power IBM—”Avatar”
Dates back to 1895—Conrad Roentgen Technology improved and images could be
acquired from multiple angles In 1977, the MRI was invented by a college professor IBM develops software for mapping the human body over thecourse of the 2000’s
By 2010, there were◦ 70 million CAT scans per year in US◦ 30 million MRI scans per year in US◦ 2 billion x-rays per year in US
IBM creates programs that combine input from different imaging machines
This produces a computer image of the human body containing information specifically on that individual
This makes it much easier to diagnosis and analyze the body
3D Medical imaging is made possible through the combination of existing technologies and cutting-edge computing power
For a specific individual, input is taken from existing x-ray images or MRI scans
This data is interpreted by computer software to construct a human body model
This model will be slightly unique to an individual visually but will contain data about vital systems where the vital systems actually are
The future of medical imaging directly influences the future of medicine in general
3D modeling promises continued improvement of analysis of patients
Doctors will be able to better communicate with other doctors using a generic computer model of each patient
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