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Personalized heart models for surgical planning

21-Sep-2015

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Converts MRI scans of a patient’s heart into a physical model within hours.

Surgeons able to assess and prepare for surgery taking into consideration the individual patient’s anatomical idiosyncrasies.

MIT graduate student Danielle Pace developed the software that analyzes the MRI scans.

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Digital Modeling