Picture this ...World’s first 3D anatomy guide brought to life

IRISH researchers have created the world’s first 3D surface anatomy guide for medical and physiotherapy students, surgical trainees and artists.

Funded by Science Foundation Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI), the two-year project will soon be part of the curriculum for medical students in Dublin.

The collaboration resulted in an online 3D guide which shows the motions of muscles and the sites of structures from the surface inwards.