Malaysian entrepreneur Matt Chandran, CEO of iGene, wants to change the way post-mortems are done. He hopes to negate the need to slice open bodies at autopsy with his digital autopsy software that uses the power of existing 2D and 3D imaging and visualization equipment to observe and investigate the human body using high definition imagery.
Chandran says that by simply connecting his software to any standard medical CT or MRI scanner, an expert can inspect the virtual cadaver in 3D, removing layers of cloth, skin and bone with a mouse or by gestures on a tabletop touchscreen. The digital evidence remains intact and can be reviewed; experts can more easily spot and identify fractures, foreign objects such as bullets, and the tips of knife wounds; and grieving families can swiftly learn how their loved ones died without having to cut open the body, thereby reducing trauma. There is also the capacity to gear the digital autopsy platform to educating medical professionals and students in simulated diagnostics.
In the future, Chandran believes, 3D scans might become an integral part of regular medical check-ups, creating a huge digital library of every person present and future. “Just like a birth certificate starts with the birth of a baby, the end of a person’s life will end with a report in which the 3D body of a person is captured. In that way we can archive every person born on this planet.”
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