Week 4 : Medicine+Technology+Art

This week's material is mainly focus on the study of relationship among medicine, technology and arts.

Plastic surgery and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are two fields that connect medical technology and art tightly, and the connections make sense to me. As introduced by Professor Vesna, plastic surgery was really an ancient idea that first developed Indian people and then learned by western society. As medical technology advances, surgeons are more adept and have better resources in transforming ordinary faces to ideal beauty. Medical technology advances the art of transforming human body’s appearance.

Instead of changing human body’s appearance, the technology MRI provides valuable information on glands and organs within the human body, and accurate information about the structure of the joints, soft tissues, and bones. Usually, surgery can be deferred or more accurately directed after knowing the results of an MRI scan. The image and resolution produced by MRI is quite detailed and can detect tiny changes of structures within the body. The MRI technology gives people the possibilities of exploring the inner world of human body, which is fascinating and gives artists profound inspiration in depicting the beauty of human.

The combination of medical technology and arts is one of the best creations that human beings made. Medical techs provide people more opportunities for chasing their health and beauty. Meanwhile, arts bring more inspiration and developments to carry medicine and technology on. They make each other a better one, and make this world better as well.

Citations:

1.      Vesna, Victoria, dir. Medicine pt3. 2012. Web. 25 Oct 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIX-9mXd3Y4&feature=player_embedded>.

2.      Shiel, William C.. “Magnetic Resonance Imaging.”medicinenet. N.p.. Web. 25 Oct 2013. <http://www.medicinenet.com/mri_scan/article.htm>.

3.      Plastic surgery. N.d.. checkinthemirror.blogspot.comWeb. 25 Oct 2013. <http://checkinthemirror.blogspot.com/2012/11/plastic-surgery.html>.

4.      Todorovic, Zoran . N.d. www.culturebase.netWeb. 25 Oct 2013. <http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?188>.

5.      MRI. N.d. MedFriendlyWeb. 25 Oct 2013. <http://www.medfriendly.com/magneticresonance.html>.