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This week on Healthwatch, we've been talking about advances in medical technology. In science fiction movies and TV shows, we often see doctors of the future diagnosing patients by studying three-dimensional holograms. That may not be as far in the future as you think. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have been able to create three-dimensional holographic movies, in a development that
Popular Science magazine calls one of the top five great ideas for the future.
Although the technology could prove popular for entertainment,
Dr. Skip Garner, a UT Southwestern doctor who helped invent the technology, has medical applications in mind. Doctors could view three-dimensional images of organs to help them diagnose disease or damage. The technology also could be used for training surgeons, measuring teeth and bone development or visualizing potential results of plastic surgery.
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July 2005
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