Mar. 4, 2020 3:55p
(WGTD)---Carl, a prison inmate who died by lethal injection, lives on, digitally speaking, at Gateway Technical College.
Carl is one of the bodies that have been dissected, scanned and then electronically put back together again for use in an anatomage table that Gateway purchased two years ago.
The device, located in the Inspire Center on Gateway's Kenosha campus, gives Gateway’s nurses and medical technology students a 3D, interactive look at bodies, specifically, Carl’s and a few others that have been digitized and acquired.
Amelia Riutta is a lab assistant for Gateway’s Physical Therapy Assistant program. She’s also a Gateway graduate.
Speaking on WGTD’s Morning Show this week, Riutta says the virtual cadavers give students a much broader look at body parts. "When I was going through the program I was just basically using textbooks and flash cards," Ruitta said. "This is just a great tool for students to be able to see everything in layers," she said.
The unit cost a little under $100,000.
A simulcast video of the Morning Show that featured the virtual cadaver technology is available on WGTD’s Facebook page.
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