3D Modeling and Children's Heart Surgery

3-D Computer Modeling Might Improve Children's Heart Transplants

Technology could help doctors choose a better organ size match, study suggests

Robert Preidt | November 8, 2015

A new 3-D computer modeling system may help surgeons choose the best-sized donor heart for children who need a heart transplant, new research finds.
To develop the system, researchers first created a library of 3D images using MRI and CT scans. The images included scans of the hearts of healthy children weighing up to 99 pounds. The library was then used to predict the best donor body weight to ensure the proper heart size for recipients.

3-D image may provide better size match for child heart transplants. Source: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-11-d-image-size-child-heart.html

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