It would be the very same algorithms that were utilized in zooming in and out on Google Maps and Google Street View, that opened the door for one to traverse through layers of the body in a visual manner. For starters, one can begin with an entire joint, where the “journey” will subsequently go all the way down to the cellular level.
With this new imaging system, it will definitely have huge implications in the world of medicine since it would drastically reduce the amount of time required for one to analyze and compare data. Imaging technology that was initially developed to scan for defects in silicon wafers were used, and coupled with Google’s Maps algorithms, the researchers have come up with quite a winning combination here. [Press Release]