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Virtual Heart Teaches Med Students With No Cutting Necessary

by Tim Stevens on October 22, 2008 at 11:15 AM

Medical students today have access to far more technology and knowledge than those from just 10 years ago, thanks in large part to advances in computer software and hardware. The latest breakthrough is a virtual heart that will allow medical students to see exactly how the real thing operates -- both from the inside and out -- without having to make a single cut. Even better, the software runs on the same hardware as your average gaming PC.

The idea came from three London doctors at the University College London Hospitals Heart Hospital, and was put into motion by U.K. animation house Glassworks, which in the past has also done work on a variety of projects including Bjork's steamy android love video for 'All is Full of Love.' The simulation runs on NVIDIA hardware and can also interact with a dummy, enabling students to perform a virtual ultrasound on a patient before doing the same with the real thing. [From: Telegaph.co.uk]

Tags: cyberheart, glassworks, heart hospital of london, HeartHospitalOfLondon, medicine, NVIDIA

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