3D imaging could cut health care costs
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Upstate company Qmetrics has developed technology that can take medical images like MRIs and turn them into a three-dimensional image or model.
The technology has implications for lowering health care costs and increasing patient-specific treatments.
While X-rays and MRIs can be useful, surgery is still frequently required to look inside a joint, explains Qmetrics CEO Edward Schreyer. For example, keyhole surgery or arthroscopy is still used to see the extent of a knee injury.
And that’s all before you find out if surgery is even necessary to repair the damage.Upstate company Qmetrics has developed technology that can take medical images like MRIs and turn them into a three-dimensional image or model.
The technology has implications for lowering health care costs and increasing patient-specific treatments.
While X-rays and MRIs can be useful, surgery is still frequently required to look inside a joint, explains Qmetrics CEO Edward Schreyer. For example, keyhole surgery or arthroscopy is still used to see the extent of a knee injury.
And that’s all before you find out if surgery is even necessary to repair the damage.
Source: Innovation Trail (link opens in a new window)
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