Scientists invented Google Maps for the human body

In Google Maps, the "Earth" view help us to zoom from the heights of our atmosphere to the tops of our houses or buildings, putting our place in the world in dramatic perspective. The Engineers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia  have find out a new kind of imaging technology that helps you exploring human bodies down to the level of an particular cell.

UNSW, Australia

This could prove to be a game-changer for medicine, Researchers says. The zoomable tool Using Google algorithms lets us to zoom in and out from the scale of the whole joint down to the cellular level and this will help researchers and doctors for better understanding the treatment of diseases.

"For the first time we have the ability to go from the whole body down to how the cells are getting their nutrition and how this is all connected," Knothe Tate said in a statement. "This could open the door to as yet unknown new therapies and preventions."

The Google Maps for the Body allows researchers to cut down the required time to study the human anatomy in exceptional detail. Right now, this human body map is allowing the team to examine how the cells and  different tissues of the hip work together in their natural environment to establish a healthy joint. This type of research by conventional methods, would have taken the team more than 25 years, but the technology has shortened the time required to just a couple of weeks, explained Knothe Tate.

This technique is based on advanced electron microscope technique originally developed by German optical and industrial measurement manufacturing company, Zeiss, to help them inspect silicon wafers. The team also connected with the US-based Cleveland Clinic, and Brown and Stanford Universities, and then worked with Google to integrate their algorithms to obtain the hip joint data.

"These are terabyte-sized data sets, so the Google maps algorithms are helping us take this tremendous amount of information and use it effectively. They’re the traffic controllers, if you like," said Knothe Tate in the release.

Although Google Maps for the body is meant for medical research, the team hopes their technology would be available for anyone interested in "cruising around" the human body.

Source: Deccanchronicle, Cnet

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