3D Printing
3D Printing Helps a Five-Year-Old Girl to Dance Again
(3DPRINT.COM) – Five-year-old Daria loves dancing, but that was imperiled when she was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare malignant bone tumor, in her right leg. […]
Pediatrics
3D Printing
3-D model gives clearer picture of complex cases
(VUMC) – Elizabeth and Scott Massey expected to learn their baby’s gender at a 21-week ultrasound. While they learned they were having a daughter, the reveal included much more than they planned for. […]
3D Printing
San Diego researchers cut operation times by 25% with 3D printed hip models
(3ders.org) – We see 3D printed medical models so frequently these days, it can be easy to accept their existence without questioning them. But have you ever wondered just how useful such models can be—in numerical terms? […]
Digital Health
How doctors used virtual reality to save the lives of conjoined twin sisters
(The Washington Post) – During an 18-year career in medicine, Daniel Saltzman — the chief of pediatric surgery at University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital — has grown accustomed to looking at X-rays as if they were imperfect road maps of the human body. […]
Cancer
For a child getting chemo, virtual reality games at hospital can feel like Disney
Miami Herald – Numerous published studies show that virtual experiences help reduce anxiety and distract pain in pediatric patients who undergo harrowing medical procedures. […]
Augmented Reality
Seattle Children’s Hospital to test new VR medtech that could change the lives of patients
GeekWire – A medical diagnosis can be one of the most terrifying and confusing days of a patient’s life. Doctors often struggle to fully explain a person’s illness to them because internal structures, like a tumor, can be hard to visualize. […]