WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE LEARNING PROCESS AND TRAINING OF MEDICAL STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS, INOVA DE, CREATE IT REAL, UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG AND UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN HAVE STARTED A PROJECT TO PRODUCE REALISTIC AND ACCURATE 3D MODELS OF A PARTICULAR PATIENT FUNDED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROSTARS PROGRAMME.

Let us show you how does it will work through this video!

When medical students learn anatomy,

they first learn that the anatomy atlas does not correspond to reality.

Each patient differs considerably

from what is shown in books and plastic models.

The only reliable study material

is actual human bodies donated for medical studies.

These bodies

are insufficient and access is restricted, and in some countries not even available.

To address this problem, the consortium proposes itself to produce the next level of 3D printing services for medical training and education:

 

  • 3D printed organ models that are realistic, affordable, conform to the actual patient images and at the hands of every medical student.
  • These anatomically correct models will have the same haptic characteristics as real organs, enabling a better learning experience.

REAL ORGANS HAVE HARDNESS AND TEXTURE CHANGES WHICH ARE NOT REPRODUCIBLE AT AN AFFORDABLE WAY. WITH OUR MODELS, IT WIL BE POSSIBLE TO REPLACE ANIMAL ORGANS THAT ARE USED TODAY FOR TRAINING. WE WILL MAKE REALISTIC ORGAN MODELS FROM PATIENT IMAGES BY IMPROVING EXISTING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE MODELS AVAILABLE FOR 3D PRINTING.

THE PROJECT WILL RUN UNTIL THE END OF MARCH 2020 BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT SO LONG TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST IN BEING A BETA TESTER