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Thursday, December 05, 2002
Speedier Internet2 Network allows for quick image transfers, surgery simulations - RICK BARRETT, Journal Sentinal
The days when cancer patients are forced to carry oversize mammograms from specialist to specialist and medical students can experience surgery only by cutting into flesh may soon be over. Although experimental, Internet2 has been used at universities nationwide for: Faster and more effective breast cancer treatment through the network's ability to store and retrieve vast numbers of digital mammograms. Teaching anatomy and surgery. For example, a master surgeon can trace the correct surgical technique on a computer and have it recorded. A student hundreds of miles away can have the computer guide his hand according to the master surgeon's recording.
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