digital twins

Cardivascular diseases: digital twin improves therapy

Using mathematical image processing, scientists have found a way to create digital twins from human hearts.

5 ways AI is used against COVID-19

Find out more about how scientists and physician are using AI to make contributions in the fight against the coronavirus.

Digital transformation: From sick care to proactive health care

“The digital transformation will make healthcare even more human. It will enable us to provide preventive and personalized healthcare,” says Prof. Dr. Koen Kas, Professor of Oncology at Ghent University, Belgium.

Digital twin enables protective ventilation

A computational lung model can be used to reduce damage caused by mechanical ventilation – and could increase survival rates for patients significantly.

Digital twins could aid personalized therapy

Advanced computer models of diseases can be used to improve diagnosis and treatment. The goal is to develop the models to “digital twins” of individual patients.

Digital twin for personalized therapies

Virtual doppelgangers could one day revolutionize medicine: Researchers are developing a digital twin, which should facilitate the development of personalized therapies.

See, feel, train – virtual surgical simulator introduced

“HandsOn.surgery", the prototype of a virtual surgery trainer helps surgeons prepare for individual patient cases prior to surgery, and enables them to practice the surgery.

Digital cadavers transform medical education

Seemingly out of science fiction, the virtual dissection table brings the future of gross anatomy and clinical science education to real life.