Anders Ynnerman discusses the visualization of medical data derived from realtime computer tomography (CT) imaging. He illustrates current uses of these databases and speculates on the future of medical data visualization including preoperative surgical planning and virtual autopsies.
Continue Reading“In a speech given the day before the start of the 2009 G-20 economic summit, Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of Google, offered his own tacit approval, suggesting that playing video games, especially online multiplayer games, fosters collaboration, and that collaboration, in turn, fosters innovation — making it good training for a career in technology.
Continue ReadingA brief talk introducing and illustrating the concept of data visualization by one of the field’s great practitioners, David McCandless. – Courtesy of TED talks
Continue Reading“a new surgical visualization approach that merges rich surface detail from a laparoscope with instantaneous 3D anatomy from continuous CT scanning of the surgical field.” Shekhar et al., Live augmented reality: a new visualization method of laparoscopic surgery using continuous volumetric computed tomography.
Continue ReadingUsing entertainment as a teaching device is as old as storytelling. The impact of adding visual media is familiar to all those reared on Sesame Street. Now the video game industry is accelerating higher education toward a more intense, interactive experience referred to as “Serious Gaming”. Serious gaming may be relatively new to academia, but it is a concept easily recognized by those raised in the digital era.
Continue ReadingTwice this week, I have seen Atul Gawande, MD interviewed about his book “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right”. The book discusses his work for the World Health Organization reducing surgical morbidity and mortality by using a simple checklist. The checklist is a two minute rundown of steps pertinent to an operation.
Continue ReadingAn Augmented (Hyper)Reality by Keiichi Matsuda – Continue reading to see a short film I stumbled upon while perusing Creative Review, a London-based magazine for visual communication. Below is the accompanying post by Mark Sinclair, 1 February 2010, 12:30 for Creative Review:
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Anders Ynnerman discusses the visualization of medical data derived from realtime computer tomography (CT) imaging. He illustrates current uses of these databases and speculates on the future of medical data visualization including preoperative surgical planning and virtual autopsies.
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"In a speech given the day before the start of the 2009 G-20 economic summit, Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of Google, offered his own tacit approval, suggesting that playing video games, especially online multiplayer games, fosters collaboration, and that collaboration, in turn, fosters innovation — making it good training for a career in technology.
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A brief talk introducing and illustrating the concept of data visualization by one of the field's great practitioners, David McCandless. - Courtesy of TED talks
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“a new surgical visualization approach that merges rich surface detail from a laparoscope with instantaneous 3D anatomy from continuous CT scanning of the surgical field.” Shekhar et al., Live augmented reality: a new visualization method of laparoscopic surgery using continuous volumetric computed tomography.
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