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Title
N=15 Quantified Surgery: 3D models personalize procedures long before the first incision
Contributor
Ramamoorthy, Sonia
Schulze, Jurgen
Smarr, Larry
Bushman, Heather
LaFee, Scott
University of California, San Diego. Health Sciences
Date Created and/or Issued
2017
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
N Equals One podcast
Rights Information
Under copyright
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Rights Holder and Contact
UC Regents
Description
For years, computer scientist Larry Smarr, PhD, meticulously monitored and documented almost every aspect of his physiological being, down to the microbial diversity of his colon and its output — all part of an effort to better understand his chronic intestinal condition. He called it “quantified self.” When Smarr eventually needed part of his colon removed, he pushed the concept further: “quantified surgery.” With colleague Jurgen Schulze, PhD, he created a 3D model of his affected abdomen that his surgeon, Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD, could explore long before her first incision. Smarr’s successful procedure was a true “N Equals One” experiment, but also perhaps a glimpse at the future of surgery.
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Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
[Title, Date]. N Equals One. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. [Digital Object URL]
Episode 15
Type
sound
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb6668027w
Language
English
Subject
Calit2
Virtual reality
Surgery
Podcast
Computer modeling
University of California, San Diego
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology

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