SINGAPORE — Until recently, doctors at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) were using 2D images to help them get a clearer picture of complex congenital heart problems in children before they ...

Doctors are using extraordinary 3D-printed replicas of patients’ hearts to improve surgery and predict those at risk of life-threatening changes in their heartbeat. The initiative at the Royal ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Spectrum Health heart specialists say they have printed the first 3D image of a heart using multiple imaging techniques to create a more detailed model. Although 3D model printing ...

In desperate need to fix a young girl's heart, a team of cardiovascular surgeons at Miami Children's Hospital tap 3D-printing to help make the operation a success. CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is ...

SINGAPORE - Heart surgeries on children can be complicated but the use of 3D printed heart models at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) is expected to help doctors with planning such procedures.

Surgeons will soon be able to plan heart operations using 3D models of patients’ organs with revolutionary software that recreates working versions of human body parts. The technology, which also ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a virtual 3D heart, digitally showcasing the heart's unique network of neurons for the first time. Using the rat heart as a model, the ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. It looks ...

The yellow and pink heart in Dr. Huie Lin's office is an exact replica of the one beating inside the chest of Allison Bennie — a 3-D model that helped save her life. Two years ago, the 29-year-old ...

Surgeons carried out successful surgery on a baby ’s heart after practising on a 3D model of it. Pippa Fulton was born a month prematurely, weighing just 4.5lbs (2kg) and with several heart conditions ...