-NASA: NASA 'software scalpel' helps doctors practice operations.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-14 October 1998-NASA: NASA 'software scalpel' helps doctors practice operations (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:131098 A "software scalpel," combined with clear, accurate, three- dimensional (3-D) images of the human head, is helping doctors practice reconstructive surgery and visualize the outcome more accurately.

Using the new approach, a physician wearing 3-D glasses can see an image of a patient's head from all angles on a computer monitor, or on the surface of a large "immersive virtual reality work bench." Virtual reality is a computer-created environment that simulates real-life situations. "To predict what the result will be in a real operation, the surgeon uses a computer mouse to mark the incision location and to ask the...