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Brandon Nobrega
Professor Deborah Dagher
UWRT-1102
21 March 2015
3D Digital Holograms Visualize Biomedical Applications
Citation: Khan, Javid. "3D Digital Holograms Visualize Biomedical Applications." Biomedical
Imaging (2013): 55-58. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.
After 15 years of R&D, holographic
technology is ready to re-emerge. Digital
holograms are now mature enough for
commercialization in all sorts of fields
including biomedical imaging, scientific
visualization, engineering design, art, and
advertising.

This article is where I really got interested in

one single topic. I am now interested in
centering my studies in the biomedical world
and seeing how it will benefit us humans.

Pioneer (Kawasaki, Japan) has announced

a desktop unit using RGB laser diodes
that can produce small card-sized
holograms. There is every reason to expect
desktop-sized holoprinters no larger than a
standard laser printer within the next few
years.

Would these desktop printers be used to

create holograms of small body parts like
fingers or ears?

Our most complex hologram to date is a

full-length human anatomy hologram
created from a synthetic 3D model of a
female.

This, to me, is the most interesting part of all

of my research about holograms because it is
of something that actually matters and
something that will lead to monumental
discoveries.

Interactivity is added with a Kinect motion

sensor that allows people to "touch" icons in
space and draw objects in mid-air.

This goes back to my questions about if you

can touch the digital holograms. This point
only strengthens why I am focusing my
studies here.
This image shows how the hologram
technology captures a skeletal diaphragm
and creates a 3D model for doctors to
investigate without actually having to touch
the source.

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