Week 4 - MedTech + Art
Going through this module was so eye-opening and I feel like I say the same thing every week. I just don't ever realize how much art and science are intertwined in our day-to-day lives and how big of a role they play. One of the things talked about in this module was MRIs which were initially done by cutting up the human body and then seeing what the effects were inside the body but due to art and science we were able to progress and see mirror images of the body in a less invasive way which is so cool. My relation to MRIs and X-rays is that I recently tore my ACL and in the surgery, there was an endoscopy used as well because of art we have been able to advance in these things and have surgeries that are less harmful/invasive. Art and technology have helped the sciences grow vastly without the credit they deserve
A cool thing that I liked in these lectures is how to use art to show our bodies since we can't really understand what our bodies are and their interior since we only see the exterior. Without art, we would literally not understand the anatomy and function of organs in the human body but we often forget to contribute these meanings to science and focus more on the mechanisms of the body and how it functions with the environment instead of backlogging that without art and art research like Grays Anatomy we wouldn't even know what the body looks like
Something we see in our day-to-day lives that we often look over is plastic surgery. Plastic surgery is an art form that grew alongside war because the more intense technology used in war the more was required in the medical lens to repair these war victims and give them their confidence back. One of the first uses of plastic surgery was face recomposition for people who got injured and soon it progressed to be more cosmetic focused where people are doing extreme types of facial recompositions to look like certain mainstream celebrities.
Lastly, combining robotics with medtech in a way to give people more robotic connections with science. A scientist had inserted a chip in their arm and that allowed them to control a hand which is the future of where art and science are taking us this can help those people who are missing a limb potentially get a limb and although it may be artificial with the connection to the brain it can be pretty real.
References
Dick RW; Berning JR; Dawson W;Ginsburg RD;Miller C;Shybut GT; “Athletes and the Arts--the Role of Sports Medicine in the Performing Arts.” Current Sports Medicine Reports, U.S. National Library of Medicine, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24225525/. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024
Vesna, Victoria. “DESMA9 Week 4 Lecture Part 1.” 19 Apr. 2024.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your story about your torn ACL—it was really interesting to hear you tie the content into your personal experiences. Like you pointed out, robotics in medicine is truly not just able to substantially improve an individual's quality of life, such as with the case of prosthetic arms, but there's also an aesthetic component to it—people more than likely care about how their prosthetic looks. On a similar vein that you discussed, I feel that mainstream media puts a spotlight on the "aesthetic form" of plastic surgery, when really the field plastic surgery encompasses so much more, like facial reconstruction.
ReplyDeleteHi, your reflections on the integration of art and science in medical advancements really caught my attention, especially as someone who recently underwent surgery. It's cool to see how things like plastic surgery have evolved from necessity to encompass both functional and aesthetic aspects. Thanks for sharing
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