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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		Using virtual holography to view the body
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:02
	Publish Date:		2016-09-14 19:00:00
	Description:		Doctors at the University of California, San Francisco have observed that colonoscopies performed with CT scans and viewed as holograms are just as accurate as the traditional exam. But can this virtual holography be used for other purposes? Physician Judy Yee says the technology could be applied to other parts of the body, from the brain to the liver. It could also help surgeons prepare for procedures. "Pre-surgical planning is going to be, I think, a large part of this. It will allow surgeons to get a sense of the size of lesions, the proximity to key structures like vessels and to potentially practice the approach to a tumor, for example. What’s the best and safest approach to a tumor? And that can be performed really, any part of the body." The goal is to make the images as easy to interpret and precise as possible. "This is extremely new. We are in the validation phase now for looking at accuracy, and after that we should see increasing use of the product."
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