[HN Gopher] Virtual human - a living cadaver - pushes boundaries...
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       Virtual human - a living cadaver - pushes boundaries of anatomical
       science(2018)
        
       Author : the_red_mist
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2025-04-14 15:26 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | thih9 wrote:
       | Wikipedia has more details about the project and the donors, and
       | high quality photos (warning, human cadaver cryosections):
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_Human_Project
        
       | kobalsky wrote:
       | This feels like a nothingburger. There isn't even a hint of how
       | the virtual human works or a demo or anything. Just lots of back
       | patting about the clever name.
        
         | s1artibartfast wrote:
         | You may want to check out the Wikipedia article. Seems like a
         | fascinating and valuable project.
        
         | st_goliath wrote:
         | > This feels like a nothingburger. There isn't even a hint of
         | [...] a demo or anything.
         | 
         | The virtual human _project_ has been around for quite some time
         | and has, in fact, accomplished their initial project goals. And
         | they _do_ have a demo application, complete with a  "guided
         | tour", interview snippets and everything, all on a single CD-
         | ROM! I remember playing around with it at the local library in
         | December 2003.
        
       | tetris11 wrote:
       | People are working on Virtual Twin[0] mumbo jumbo along these
       | lines. Why bother with microscopic effects of ion channels and
       | cell proliferation when you can simulate tissue dynamics with
       | continuous gradients?
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       | (Because the trees are often more informative than the forest
       | itself...)
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       | 0: https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/what-is-a-digital-twin
        
       | bobajeff wrote:
       | For those interested the data is publicly available here:
       | 
       | https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/getting_data.html
        
         | beardedmoose wrote:
         | Thank you for this! Too bad there isn't an already prepared
         | virtual project where you can view this in 3D. Might be a fun
         | coding project to load the slices into a UI for easier viewing.
        
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