Anders Ynnerman: Visualizing the medical data explosion

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http://www.ted.com Today medical scans produce thousands of images and terabytes of data for a single patient in mere seconds, but how do doctors parse this information and determine what’s useful? At TEDxGöteborg, scientific visualization expert Anders Ynnerman shows us sophisticated new tools — like virtual autopsies — for analyzing this myriad data, and a glimpse at some sci-fi-sounding medical technologies in development. This talk contains some graphic medical imagery.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

Charity Tillemann-Dick: After a lung transplant, an aria

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http://www.ted.com You’ll never sing again, said her doctor. But in a story from the very edge of medical possibility, operatic soprano Charity Tillemann-Dick tells a double story of survival — of her body, from a double lung transplant — and of her spirit, fueled by an unwavering will to sing. A powerful story from TEDMED 2011.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

Naomi Klein: Addicted to risk

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http://www.ted.com Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP’s risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial instruments and more … and too often, we’re left to clean up a mess afterward. Klein’s question: What’s the backup plan?... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!