Quote O’ the Week

August 11, 2006

A virtual human can be pushed and prodded pretty much as you would a real human. Surgeons would never have to go to cadavers for any of their training. One could use such a model to plan surgical processes even before such surgeries are performed.

Suvranu De, a researcher working to develop a surgery simulator. From “Pass the Virtual Scalpel, Nurse”, Wired, August 9, 2006.