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| Tech students perform virtual autopsies with visual dissection table |
| 2021-03-28 |
| [Herald Mail Media] Washington County Technical High School students are getting a leg up in human anatomy — virtually, that is. Students in Elizabeth McDonald's Academy of Biomedical Sciences class are using virtual, computerized cadavers thanks to a 3D anatomy system, known as an Anatomage table. The students can visualize anatomy exactly as they would on a fresh cadaver. "It's complete cadavers," McDonald said. "The students are able to examine layers of the body, and peel away layers ... they can determine how the person died. "They meet the cadaver and the story of what happened to the person," she said. "It's so cool." The high-tech gadget allows students to perform autopsies with the touch of a finger. Students can zoom in and out, and peel back the cadaver's individual tissues, cells and organs. The Anatomage table cost around $100,000, said Washington County Public Schools' Communication Officer Erin Anderson. The school district used federal grant funds to pay for it, she said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 So much better than studying the colour plates of my mother’s college biology textbooks. She would have had so much fun doing that with me, recalling her time at the medical school in Switzerland. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-03-28 13:22 |