Cardiologist Use VR To Visualise Heart Defects
“There are a number of applications for virtual reality (VR) in the medical field. Many of which are tied to training of medical students, or involving new ways to map and visualise medical conditions, which can often be complex. This application combines both.
At Lucile Packard Children’s hospital, Stanford paediatric cardiologist David Axelrod is able to use a VR simulation to model heart defects in patients. These VR models can be used as learning tools for trainee surgeons, or to show patients and families the ins and outs of the medical condition…”
https://www.vrfocus.com/2018/07/cardiologist-use-vr-to-visualise-heart-defects/
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