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Brendan O’Keefe, BME 181
University of Rhode Island
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The field of medicine today relies heavily on
medical imaging
History-X-Ray, CAT scan, MRI
Improved resolutions and computing power
IBM—”Avatar”
Dates back to 1895—Conrad Roentgen
 Technology improved and images could be
acquired from multiple angles
 In 1977, the MRI was invented by
a college professor
 IBM develops software for
mapping the human body over the
course of the 2000’s
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By 2010, there were
◦ 70 million CAT scans per year in US
◦ 30 million MRI scans per year in US
◦ 2 billion x-rays per year in US
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IBM creates programs that combine input
from different imaging machines
This produces a computer image of the
human body containing information
specifically on that individual
This makes it much easier to diagnosis and
analyze the body
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3D Medical imaging is made possible through
the combination of existing technologies and
cutting-edge computing power
For a specific individual, input is taken from
existing x-ray images or MRI scans
This data is interpreted by computer software
to construct a human body model
This model will be slightly unique to an
individual visually but will contain data about
vital systems where the vital systems actually
are
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The future of medical imaging directly
influences the future of medicine in general
3D modeling promises continued
improvement of analysis of patients
Doctors will be able to better communicate
with other doctors using a generic computer
model of each patient
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