digital twins

Digital twin for personalized medicine

As part of the “MED²ICIN” lighthouse project, seven Fraunhofer Institutes are presenting the first prototype of a digital patient model.

Gamification in diabetes care

The number of gamified mobile applications is rising rapidly—especially in healthcare. This article illustrates how gamification is employed in diabetes care.

Robot-assisted surgery: Putting the reality in VR

Cardiac surgeons may be able to better plan operations and improve their surgical field view with the help of a robot.

Digital twins: The simulated patient

Digital twins enable customized medical therapies. Researchers have modeled several hundred avatars based on real people and treated them experimentally.

Using digital twins to help treat multiple sclerosis

Scientists in Dresden are expanding their digital health expertise in multiple sclerosis (MS) therapy and research with an ambitious scientific project - creating a "digital twin“ from data.

Digital twins for more personalized medicine

According to researchers at Indiana University, digital twins could lead to more proactive and personalized medicine.

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.