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"Today, this kind of a model is unique in the world. It's the only one that is complete," said Christoph Sensen, director of the medical school's Sun Center of Excellence for Visual Genomics. Canadian researchers have developed the most detailed model of a human.
Advertisement was called CAVEman, using the larger-than-life computer image encompasses more than 3,000 distinct body parts, doctors can view in a booth that gives the image height, width and depth.
Althow it will help to study the genetics of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, muscular sclerosis and Alzheimer's, as said officials at the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, which has worked on the system for six years.
"We want to do this so any patient can walk up to a machine with a surgeon in tow who says, 'This is what it looked like six weeks ago and this is what it looked like today. You better get surgery now'."
Next steps include developing versions to sell to hospitals around the world, and adding a touch element to the image.