Week 4- MedTech + Art

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Medical technology and art go hand in hand in diagnosing medical issues. Images from medical machinery are a combination of technology and art. Medical images of human insides are getting better and better and Tanya Lewis stated in her online article, “What Is An MRI?” that, “techniques are becoming much more quantitative, and smaller and smaller regions can be imaged — scientists can now image brain areas down to 1 millimeter thickness.” 

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As an athlete I have been educated on the human body and its anatomy through experience and has got me interested in a career in athletic training. I have had multiple MRI’s, CT Scan’s and X-Rays. Most recently, on April 14 just two weeks ago, I had shoulder surgery. I tore my labrum on uneven bars (gymnastics) and had it repaired arthroscopically.  Medical technology has had a huge impact and influence on me personally. Below I put a video of a shoulder repair just like the one I received ("Shoulder Surgery to Repair the Labrum Part 1"). The work they can do through tiny incisions and tools is unbelievable as Victoria stated lecture this week, medicine is becoming “more and more noninvasive on molecular level” (“Medicine and Art: Part 2”). The MRI I got done a couple weeks diagnosing my injury was a black and white imagine showing abnormality with dark colors and ultimately a tear and inflammation.  They injected dye into my arm for a clearer picture. It is an artwork with often time’s life changing information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnaZ6s1xqLU 

“Medicine has been influenced from photography and film.” (Vesna).  In this weeks lecture, Victoria mentioned the connection of medical technology and art and opened my eyes on how it is fascinating and relevant to every human being and our bodies. Whether its airport security or plastic surgery of some sort, our culture and society has changed because of medical technology and artistic advances (“Medicine and Art: Part 3”). Ultimately, the point of medicine and biotechnology is to help people live a better life.

References

"Athletic Training." |. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2015.                       

Lewis, Tanya. "What Is an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)?" LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 05 Dec. 2014. Web. 25 Apr. 2015. http://www.livescience.com/39074-what-is-an-mri.html.

"Shoulder Surgery to Repair the Labrum Part 1." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2015.

Vesna, Victoria. “Medicine and Art: Part 2.” Lecture.. Youtube, 25 Oct. 2012. Web. 24 Apr. 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psjnQarHOqQ.

Vesna, Victoria. “Medicine and Art: Part 3.” Lecture. Youtube, 25 Oct. 2012. Web. 24 Apr. 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIX-9mXd3Y4.