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"virtual hospital"Image, 3-D computer image of reconstructed liver, etc.
(These images are samples of technology envisioned for the 'virtual hospital' concept.)
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3-D Computer image of reconstructed liver, etc., Nov. 1997.
PUBLICATION SIZE IMAGE, CLICK HERE. 87 k file size jpg image, decompresses to 6.7 meg, 6.7" X 8.8", 200 dpi. Equivalent to AP Leaf desk format minus embedded captions.
3-D COMPUTER IMAGE OF RECONSTRUCTED LIVER, ETC., Nov. 1997
High resolution three-dimensional (3-D) picture of a human liver (red), veins, hepatic veins, inferior vena cava (bright blue), esophagus, stomach (semi-transparent brown) and small intestine (beige) reconstructed in 3-D using ROSS software by Dr. Caesar Compadre and Todd Nolte of the University of Arkansas. This image was reconstructed from serial sections at the NASA Ames Center for Bioinformatics, at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. This technology will make it possible for surgeons to plan complex surgical procedures and to visualize the potential results of surgery in a virtual environment simulator. The technology uses the special software to integrate laser images with computer tomography (CT) scans.
Dr. Muriel Ross is director of the NASA Ames Center for Bioinformatics at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Ames is collaborating with the Department of Functional Restoration at Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, to develop the technology. Their goal is to develop a virtual environment workbench for planning complex surgeries.
Some biocomputation researchers predict that by the year 2000 a 'virtual hospital' could be established which may eventually link the best medical minds from around the country and world to treat patients. The 'virtual hospital' would use computer tools such as the virtual workbench. NASA and Stanford University School of Medicine recently established a National Biocomputation Center on the university's campus in Palo Alto, CA.
PHOTO CREDIT: NASA Ames Home Page. (Jpeg publication size images of this and other photos are on the Ames Public Affairs Home page, http://george.arc.nasa.gov/dx)
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