Fig. 1: Three components of a true digital twin. | npj Digital Medicine

Fig. 1: Three components of a true digital twin.

From: Digital twins for the era of personalized surgery

Fig. 1: Three components of a true digital twin.

The three components of an ideal digital twin include: (1) Physical patient, (2) Virtual replica, (3) Bidirectional data exchange. This continuous exchange, whilst not applied widely, hypothetically enables a digital twin to be individualized, interconnected, interactive, informative and impactful2.

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