child heart 3d model heart

Do you want to see a 3D model of your heart?

On-going research at the Centre for Cardiovascular Imaging (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) and at the Cardiothoracic Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London is looking into the potential of using 3-dimensional patient-specific models of congenital heart diseases in clinical practice. Such models, produced with a technique known as “rapid prototyping”, can…