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	Talk about x-ray vision!

Shadoufang

7-28-2007 4:15 PM

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medical, medicine, ctx, ct scan, x-ray, skeleton, eric mika, brown university, 3-d, biomechanics

Shadoufang says:

Sorry about the weird divisions. I had to stay within the 1000-word limit, while still trying to make grammar work.
Original title: Imaging system brings skeletons to life in 3-D
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/06/20/skeletons.in.3d/index.html?iref=newssearch
Go check it out on CNN!

[++that website is fast]

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