Medical Animation News

To illustrate how flu viruses can become resistant to prescription medications, an epidemiologist from Weill Cornell Medical College recently made use of a specially designed medical animation.

Created as part of a hypothetical case vignette appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the medical visualization depicts how the brain shifts and rebounds within the skull during a slip-and-fall injury.

As part of an interactive, educational series sponsored by the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers recently created a medical animation depicting the mechanics of sleep apnea and a common treatment called "CPAP."

In order to deal with the rising number of heart attacks occurring in the U.S., new surgical techniques are being developed each year. One of the most promising, called percutaneous thrombus aspiration (PTA), recently appeared in a specially created 3D medical animation.

Have you ever heard of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD)? If you haven't, then you'll want to take a look at a recently created medical animation depicting one.

Heart valve problems are more common than many people realize, hence the importance of accurately explaining these potentially life-threatening conditions to patients who may have them. Recently, a team of cardiologists posted a special medical animation depicting mitral valve repair surgery.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) research isn't always easy to comprehend, even for healthcare professionals, which is one reason why the results of a newly published study have been spelled out in a short 3D medical animation.

It's no secret that television personality and cardiothoracic surgeon Mehmet Oz loves to use medical animation clips to explain diseases and clinical concepts. They regularly appear on his daytime TV show. In a recent interview, Dr. Oz directly addressed the utility of a good medical visualization.

A report from the University of Texas Medicine Health Science Center San Antonio (UTMHSCSA) has announced that a newly created medical visualization may help healthcare professionals spot child abuse.

Consider a recent article in MedPage Today, which featured a medical visualization explaining the benefits of tranexamic acid, a special clotting drug.