Cinematic Rendering is a completely new way to learn anatomy. For the first time, anatomy studies feature living human bodies. What we display here are data sets derived from examinations using computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In Deep Space 8K, these data sets can be screened three-dimensionally in extraordinary detail on huge projection surfaces. About two years ago, Siemens Healthineers began developing this software at Princeton. The idea for it came from the animated film industry. The aim was to develop a program that could depict medical imaging data from CT and MR scans as photorealistically as computer animations produced in a Hollywood studio. This is the reasoning behind the Name Cinematic Rendering. Nevertheless, this program is still just a prototype and it will be a while until it is authorized for commercial use. But in the meantime, in Prof. Franz Fellner’s view, Deep Space 8K fits perfectly as a dissecting theater of the future, which makes it possible to show real human anatomy as it has never been seen before.

Credits: Prim. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franz Fellner (AT) of Kepler University Hospital and Klaus Engel (DE) of Siemens Healthineers present this new way of teaching the anatomy of the human body with fascinating new forms of three-dimensional anatomical visualizations that deliver photorealistic images of the human body.

Students’ designs have been shown by the internationally renowned photographer Günter Parth and Prof. Dr. Franz Fellner of Linz’s Kepler University Clinic. Parth has worked with fashion legends such as Vivienne Westwood and Paco Rabanne. Fellner heads one of ten radiology departments worldwide that are testing revolutionary new rendering software developed by Siemens Healthineers. In this case, though, the subject is not a naked human body but creations designed to dress it up in style.

Credits: Directors of Fashion & Technology: Ute Ploier, Christiane Luible; Visualizations: Prim. Univ. – Prof. Dr. Franz Fellner, Günter Parth; Music: Richard Eigner; Photos: Günter Parth, Nina Wenhart