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The video shows a virtual dissection table being used at a school in New Jersey for human anatomy classes.
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This video shows an Anatomage Table that uses medical imaging tests to show a 3-D model of cadavers for virtual dissection.
Is there a new technology that has rendered x-rays and CT scans obsolete? If social media is to be believed, this table-like device can show live 3D scans of your body — Just like that!
This table, according to social media posts, not only shows clear three-dimensional images of your internal organs but also allows you to zoom in and rotate the images to get a better view. A modern medical miracle, it would seem.
Sharing a video of this device, a person tweeted: “C.T Scan, MRI, X'RAYS will go off. New digital technology has arrived. Now doctors can see your body live on screen.” Archives of these posts can be found here and here.
AFWA found that this video shows a virtual dissection table used to study anatomy, and it uses medical imaging tests like the ones mentioned above to create 3-D models.
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A reverse search of keyframes from the viral video on Yandex led us to a video shared in March 2018 on the YouTube channel of NJ.com. The video shows a virtual dissection table being used at a school in New Jersey for human anatomy classes. The device, per the video, was called the Anatomage table and it looked very similar to the one in the viral clip.
Using relevant keywords, we found another video demonstration of the Anatomage table on the YouTube channel of the Campbell College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. In this video, the demonstrator said that the device used high-definition thin-slice CT imaging of real human cadavers that were fixed in a specialised gel solution to give these results. The table also allowed users to import medical images, like CT scans, for better viewing. A comparison between the table seen in the viral video and the Anatomage table can be seen below.
Anatomage is a medical company based in San Jose, California, that has been developing equipment for the education, medical and dental industries since 2004. In a 2020 interview, Kris Thomson, the director of applications at Anatomage, said that the Anatomage table was designed to help with anatomy education and to review CT and MRI scans in the hospitals in a more interactive manner.
Jason Malley, Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships at Anatomage, told AFWA that this table cannot replace x-rays or CT/MRI scans because it uses these imaging technologies itself. He said that the specimens seen in this device were frozen and sliced, and MRI, CT and other imaging tools were used to photograph each slice. This helps create a 3-D model.
Malley also said that “not anyone can just be scanned using this table.” He said the table had four human specimens, aside from animal specimens. Malley said that over 3,000 tables had been sold around the world, primarily for training in anatomy and physiology.
Thus, it’s clear that this table is neither a “new” technology nor can it replace medical imaging tests like x-rays, MRI scans and CT scans.
(Written by Sanjana Saxena)
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