Nurse, the screens! Doctors to build 3D computer 'avatars' of patients to 'test' treatments before prescribing
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
[DailyMail]
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Professor Alejandro Frangi of Sheffield University said: ‘There is a lot of data about us in the healthcare system, but it is fragmented. I think the modelling framework gives us a mechanism – I like to see it as Google Earth, putting all of these different layers of information together.’
The technological advance could also help predict the likelihood of bone fractures in patients with osteoporosis by producing a musculo-skeletal model from bone density data.
Professor Frangi said: ‘By developing models of complete organ systems, such as the cardiovascular system, we can help clinicians predict whether treating a constriction in one coronary artery, for example, might improve or worsen blood supply in other coronary arteries in patients with multiple lesions. …
‘What is different about INSIGNEO is the direct link between engineers, computer scientists, clinical researchers and practising clinicians. ‘This ensures the models we develop will be relevant to, and therefore will be used in, the clinic.’
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