Week 4: Med and Art

 This week the focus is the relationship between art, medicine, and technology. One thing I learned is that in many cases, is that art is a tool utilized in technology to make technology a better experience and to make it easier to use. For example, the CT scan is a tool utilized to image a person's body. In this sense, technology is utilized for the purpose of diagnosing a person's well-being. The aspect of art comes from the design of the CT scan. The whole design of the CT scan consists of a donut shares machine and a bench that goes in between. The scanning machine(donut-shaped) shape allows for people to be inside and with the bench, specialists can be able to move a person's position. Due to this, doctors can center the Ct scan to the desired area where they have an interest in imaging. At the core, the CT scan scans several x-rays at once from different angles. The rotating functionality of the CT scan allows this to be effectively done. Overall,  technology is used in medicine to improve a certain goal, such as diagnosing or preventing a condition, and art is implemented towards the technology.



In some cases, art itself can be implemented not just to improvise technology, but just as a direct utility to medicine. A great example of this is from the website Virgil Wong. Virgil Wong's website informs about a guy named Virgil Wong, who has a vision that art itself is very useful in tracking patient information. The website informs that portraits of patients can be used to track areas of the body with symptoms. With color-coding utilized, Wong can label different types of symptoms present in different parts of the body. 



One experience I have had in relation to this week's topic is having seen an interactive screen table. During my last year of high school, the principal was able to fund a huge utility for my sports medicine class.  The school ordered an interactive screen table(if I remember correctly it was called a anatomage). This powerful machine allows you to view actual 3d hyper-realistic models of humans, and be able to dissect their anatomy. 



                                                                   Citations

“Virtual Dissection Table - 3D Anatomy Platform - Anatomage Table.” Anatomage, www.anatomage.com/table/.

“Artist + Digital Technologist Transforming Human Health.” Virgil Wong, 22 Oct. 2020, www.virgilwong.com/.

“Art-Virgil Wong.” Https://Www.virgilwong.com/Art/.

Anatomage, director. Anatomage Table 7. YouTube, YouTube, 24 Feb. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvktfIXMKDg&feature=emb_title.

Anatomage Table Offers Virtual Anatomies and Much More, www.upstate.edu/whatsup/2017/0418-anatomage-table-offers-virtual-anatomies-and-much-more.php.

How Does a CT or CAT Scan Work?, www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153201.

“CT Scan.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 28 Feb. 2020, www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/ct-scan/about/pac-20393675#:~:text=A%20computerized%20tomography%20(CT)%20scan,than%20plain%20X%2Drays%20do.

“Emily Watson: Metal & Enamel Jewelry: Home Page.” Emily Watson | Metal & Enamel Jewelry | Home Page, www.metalemily.com/.

Comments

  1. Jeffrey GongApril 25, 2021 at 4:55 PM

    That visual dissection table sounds really cool. I'm pretty jealous of your school, honestly-- I'd have loved to be able to play with something like that. How much did you think that table helped students learn about sports medicine?

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