Google Earth for the body

Roland Piquepaille writes: "This is the expression used by an IBM researcher to describe the software he developed for visualizing electronic health records (eHRs) in 3-D. In a long article, IEEE Spectrum describes the IBM's Anatomic and Symbolic Mapper Engine (ASME), which maps the information in a patient's eHR to a 3-D image of the human body. When a doctor clicks on a particular part of the image, the patient's eHR is used to retrieve specific information such as lab entries or other medical images. The software is still in beta testing with the help of two hospitals in Denmark. A commercial version might become available by the end of 2008. But read more for additional details and a screenshot of the ASME software."