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Photos: The super 3D body scanner

Look inside the human body…

Tags: hospital, scan, image, machine

By Gemma Simpson

Published: 4 December 2007 14:14 GMT

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The images can be accessed on any computer in a hospital or remotely, to make it easier to share information between medical teams.

Steve Rusckowski, CEO of Philips Medical Systems, said the scanner was designed to make the job of clinicians easier and improve the patients' experience.

Pictured is an image from Brilliance of the bone structure of a human head and neck.

Photo credit: Philips Medical Systems

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