It's not just movies that are taking a leap into the third dimension. Last week in Liege, Belgium, a neurosurgery operation was broadcast in 3-d to a packed audience in a cinema 10 miles from the hospital. Both sites were connected by a two way sound system so that the audience and the surgeon, including...

How does it feel to hold and tilt a small screen to find the exact medical image you need? Researchers at Tokyo University have the answer. They have developed a new technique for viewing slices from a three dimensional model of medical images called the Volume Slicing Display (VSD). The device uses...

New software from GE Healthcare supports the overlay of multiple 3D digital imaging datasets, making it easier to plan and guide interventional procedures, while reducing damage to surrounding anatomy. Called Advantage Workstation VolumeShare 4, it is an option for GE's Advantage Workstation and...