Image-guided surgery: virtual-reality technology is giving surgeons the equivalent of x-ray vision, helping them to remove tumors more effectively, to minimize surgical wounds and to avoid damaging critical tissues
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Neurosurgeons are now relying on image-guidance systems to perform operations more effectively while minimizing the risk of bleeding and paralysis. The technique involves generating a three-dimensional model and real-time scan of the patient's brain with the aid of a computer, allowing physicians to eliminate all traces of growth without disrupting the blood vessels or the motor cortex.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
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Television's bright new technology
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The creation of thin, large, bright, full-color screen televisions becomes a reality through the use of a technology called plasma display panel (PDP). PDP allows the creation of a thin, light TV screen that can be hung on wall. Its resolution and luminance are uniform over its entire surface.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
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