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Crispin B. Weinberg, Ph.D. Danice Y. Chou, B.S.
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Anatomy has interested humans since Ancient Egypt.

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We have been fascinated with the human body & what lies inside us.

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Artists of the past once had a much more hands on approach.

Unfortunately, cadavers are not generally available to modern artists. Biomedical Modeling, Inc.

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Modern technology offers us a new way to look inside ourselves.

Leonardo DaVinci dissected bodies to reveal internal anatomy.

Now we can do this virtually with medical imaging tools.

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From stacks of CT and MRI images, we can pull out 3D data to create virtual models,

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...and bring them into the physical world with 3D printing.

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We have used these models in the medical field for planning complex surgeries like tumor resections.
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Although sometimes disturbing, the models convey a lot of information and can even have an aesthetic appeal.
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We've used this technology to explore both our modern and past selves.

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Revisiting Egypt, scientists looked into the mysteries surrounding King Tutankhamen by CT scanning his mummified remains.

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We constructed a model of his skull.

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Using forensic anthropology techniques, tissue depth markers were placed...

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...and a virtual reconstruction of the young pharaoh's face was made.

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Kiki Smith

Vis Consili Expers Mole Ruit Sua, 2000.

Photo: Two palms press - http://www.twopalms.us/downloads/KikiSmith_1185894503.pdf

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We made it possible for a living artist to cast a bronze sculpture of her own skull.
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Noel Grunwaldt

Untitled (Starlings #1-6), 2008.

Photo: Stellan Holm Gallery - http://www.stellanholm.com/

Another artist immortalized the memory of starlings in sterling silver.

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Matthew Day Jackson

The Way We Were, 2010.

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And another made a series showing man's virtual devolution.

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Matthew Day Jackson

Dymaxion Figure, 2009.

Artists have always helped us to look at the world a bit differently.

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With modern technology, artists have the opportunity for

a Rentre to Anatomy.
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