Radiologist Anders Persson of Linköping University Hospital, Sweden, reveals the body's hidden structures to clinicians by applying new techniques in magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography to produce stunning computer-enhanced three-dimensional images. The winner of the 2008 Lennart Nilsson Award for scientific photography, he tells Nature how visualization can revolutionize medicine.
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See http://tinyurl.com/3zsclj for Anders Persson's 3D images. Interview by Marta Paterlini, a writer based in Stockholm, Sweden. martapaterlini@nasw.org
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Persson, A. Q&A: An insider's view of the body. Nature 455, 1036 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/4551036a
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