The Scottish Medical Visualisation Network has been developed by the Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art in partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Supported by the Scottish Funding Council, the Network brings medical practitioners, medical educators, and academics together with technical, visualisation and industrial experts to identify key areas in future practice-based research where 3D visualisation and interaction will support medical learning and teaching, surgical planning and rehearsal. Research will focus on the development of new interactive techniques to dynamically visualise the Human Body in 3D.

Aims

• To establish an interdisciplinary network for new approaches to medical teaching and clinical diagnosis.
• To create innovative techniques, tools and methodologies to support anatomical teaching and training.
• To develop 3D visualisation and interaction in support of surgical rehearsal and pre-operative planning.
• To promote understanding of lifestyle behaviours, disease processes and healthcare issues in a patient centred context and to the wider general public through visualisation.