Modern technology offers artists a new way to look inside ourselves. These slides show how the medical imaging data can be used to create 3D models for both science and art. These slides were initially presented as part of the panel discussion "Entrée to New Worlds" on October 12th at the 2013 Transcultural Exchange Conference held in Boston MA. The conference focused on international artist residency opportunities and the overlap of science and art. Slides by Crispin B. Weinberg and Danice Y. Chou of Biomedical Modeling, Inc. (www.biomodel.com)

1. Rentrée to Anatomy
Through Medical Imaging
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Crispin B. Weinberg, Ph.D.
Danice Y. Chou, B.S.
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2. Anatomy has interested humans since Ancient Egypt.
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3. We have been fascinated with the human body & what lies inside us.
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4. Artists of the past once had a
much more “hands on” approach.
Unfortunately,
cadavers are not
generally available to
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5. Modern technology offers us a new way to look inside ourselves.
Leonardo DaVinci dissected
bodies to reveal internal anatomy.
Now we can do this virtually
with medical imaging tools.
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6. From stacks of CT and MRI images,
we can pull out 3D data to create virtual models,
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7. ...and bring them into the physical world with 3D printing.
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8. We have used these models in the medical field for
planning complex surgeries like tumor resections.
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9. Although sometimes disturbing, the models convey a lot
of information and can even have an aesthetic appeal.
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10. We've used this
technology to
explore both our
modern and past
selves.
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11. Revisiting Egypt, scientists looked into the mysteries surrounding
King Tutankhamen by CT scanning his mummified remains.
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12. We constructed a
model of his skull.
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13. Using forensic
anthropology
techniques,
tissue depth
markers were
placed...
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14. ...and a virtual
reconstruction of
the young
pharaoh's face
was made.
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16. Kiki Smith
Vis Consili Expers Mole Ruit Sua, 2000.
Photo: Two palms press - http://www.twopalms.us/downloads/KikiSmith_1185894503.pdf
We made it possible for a living artist to
cast a bronze sculpture of her own skull.
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17. Noel Grunwaldt
Untitled (Starlings #1-6), 2008.
Photo: Stellan Holm Gallery - http://www.stellanholm.com/
Another artist immortalized the memory of starlings in sterling silver.
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18. Matthew Day Jackson
The Way We Were, 2010.
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And another made a series showing man's virtual devolution.
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19. Matthew Day Jackson
Dymaxion Figure, 2009.
Artists have always
helped us to look at the
world a bit differently.
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20. With modern technology,
artists have the opportunity for
a “Rentrée to Anatomy”.
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