1. Organ on the Wall.
- Author
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Thilmany, Jean
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VIRTUAL reality , *DIGITAL image processing , *LIVER surgery - Abstract
Reports on the observation of a three-dimensional virtual profile of a patient's liver by British surgeon Rory McCloy before proceeding for an operation of the organ. Use of imaging technologies in the practice of medicine by physicians; Problems faced by surgeons in operating on a tumor in the absence of digital technology; Efforts made by McCloy and his colleague to access the tomography of an organ while operation.
- Published
- 2002
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