Look inside the human brain. The green tubes are blood vessels. The wafer of gray is a two-dimensional slice of the head. The balloon like shape near the center is an aneurysm.

For doctors, this is more than an interesting illustration. Images like this, rendered by computers, will change the course of medicine--because they will help doctors see. They will reveal the tiniest tumors, and will help guide the delicate surgical instruments that pluck them from the breast, or the lung, or the brain.

In these stories, you'll meet some of the scientists who are bringing this new way of seeing to life.
 

 
stories by Mark Briggs, Christopher Hammond, & Cate House
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