NGRAIN: Children's Health Uses 3D Heart Imaging, Technology to Advance Cardiac Care

Children's Health is working with a company to develop software that displays holograms of the heart, in addition to using 3D printing, to advance cardiac care. The 3D technology used in the software will also be used to prepare surgeons and industry peers as well as teach parents about their child's condition. Children's Health and Canada-based NGRAIN has started employing 3D mapping to create interactive virtual models of the heart to help plan for surgeries and other procedures. 3D mapping enables highly customized imaging specific to each patient's diagnosis. According to Dr. Tarique Hussain, pediatric cardiologist at Children's Health, 3D... Full Story