Virtual Autopsy Table.  Developed by Norrköping Visualization Centre with CMIV.

Have a look at the inside of a human being. In this installation, with the help of an easy to use multi touch interface, the user can freely interact with stunning volumetric 3D datasets of real scanned human bodies.

The datasets in this demo have been created with state of the art techniques within medical imaging; Dual Energy Computed Tomography. The data has been imported straight from the scanners and has not been edited or modified before rendering, what you see is not a 3D model, it’s a full volumetric description of a human body.

The visualization techniques used in this table is already utilized successfully as a compliment to the conventional autopsy. Apart from avoiding cutting in the body the medical experts, such as coroners, can see things that are difficult to discover in a conventional autopsy. Furthermore, the technique opens up for new opportunities in countries where autopsies are not accepted due to cultural reasons. The technique will revolutionize the traditional health care in many areas.

Basically the Virtual Autopsy Table is a multitouch surface that allows you to manipulate 3D images of human bodies.  How exciting and so very cool.  Doctors (or more specifically, morticians) all around the world must be shaking their medical coats right now.

[Via Engadget; vimeo page]