Whatever Became of X-Rays?

Synopsis: A 4-part series explaining and illustrating computer advances in body imaging. Part 1 looks at the current practice in e-rays, computer tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound; part 2 explores the way that images are stored on a computer and looks at some of the problems of creating 3-D images from 2-D data sets; part 3 illustrates ways in which current research is tackling these problems; part 4 demonstrates two virtual reality computer programmes designed to teach surgical techniques. Both the programmes shown in part 4 are available on the website for students to try for themselves.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 2001
Documentation: Accompanying website http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/medvis/home.html It includes demonstrations of some of the concepts presented and links to research software mentioned. Each section covers the same topics as the corresponding video presentation.
Uses: Sixth form students.
Subjects: Biology; Medical sciences; Physics
Keywords: computerised tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; medical images; surgical techniques; ultrasound imaging; virtual reality; X-rays

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Notes: NB. Uniview ceased trading at the end of July 2016. Some of the products previously distributed by them are available from Short Cuts TV: http://www.shortcutstv.com/

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