MRI simulation of blood flow helps plan child's delicate heart surgery (w/ Video) ((send by free-web-host.me user))
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, collaborating with pediatric cardiologists and surgeons at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, have developed a tool for virtual surgery that allows heart surgeons to view the predicted effects of different surgical approaches. By manipulating three-dimensional cardiac magnetic resonance images of a patient's specific anatomy, physicians can compare how alternative approaches affect blood flow and expected outcomes, and can select the best approach for each patient before entering the operating room.
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Posted in: on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at at 12:26 PM
