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Healthline Networks has launched an iPad version of its BodyMaps application to provide 3D graphics and animations of the human anatomy fit for the Apple tablet.

The application developer, which operates a medical reference site called Healthline.com, launched the app on Sept. 4. Healthline introduced the Web-based version of BodyMaps in May 2011 as a consumer education tool, and now the iPad app is suitable for health care workers and educators, according to the company.

BodyMaps incorporates more than 1,000 anatomical structures and 30 rotatable models of parts of the body for both males and females.

Cardiologists, neurologists and orthopedists will particularly benefit from the detail of the human anatomy presented in the app. The iPad will allow users to zoom in on the image, mark up body features and share the notations through email.

In addition, the iPad version allows users to move up or down to various sections of the body and choose a male/female toggle. The iPad's Retina high-definition display will make the details of the anatomy easier to study, Healthline reported.

The touch-screen features of the Apple tablet allows users to pinch, expand, drag, and tap on the images. Users can also share images on Facebook or through email.

General Electric funded the creation of the app through its Healthymagination initiative, which promotes the development of health care technology to improve care and lower costs.

Visible Productions produced the 3-D modeling, high resolution graphics and animations, as well as 200 videos, which cover various health conditions and related symptoms and procedures. Healthline developed the app, including its written content.

From layers of muscle to organs and bones, the rich detail of the app allows patients to watch videos and view 3D images to see how osteoarthritis affects the knee or appendicitis affects the abdomen.

Doctors, nurses, chiropractors and physical therapy students will be able to use the app to get an introduction to the anatomy or complement other anatomy apps, according to the company.

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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) TVLine is reporting Grey's Anatomy and 24 actress Kim Raver will join NBC's new drama Revolution in a recurring role.

The site doesn't give much insight into Raver's character but does describe her role as "juicy."

According to NBC, Revolution takes 15 years in the future and shows the aftermath of a global blackout where the entire world lost power. The post-apocalyptic drama is filming in the Port City.

A special VIP screening of the pilot episode will be shown Thursday night at Thalian Hall. The event is free, but you need to have a ticket to get in. Make sure to get there early, because seating is first come, first serve.

If you didn't get a ticket to the screening, you can still watch the pilot episode before its television premiere on NBC September 17 at 10:00 p.m. Click here to watch the pilot episode now.

Raver, 43, most recently played Dr. Teddy Altman on Grey's Anatomy for three seasons before leaving the show in May.

Copyright 2012 WECT. All rights reserved.

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The interactive anatomy tool that facilitates patient-doctor communication and is "social media ready"

Phones won't ever replace doctors. An app for medical diagnosis can't put a gentle hand on your shoulder. It can't calm you with whispers and a warming embrace. Its fingertips aren't soft, smooth, inquisitive. It doesn't have the robust intuition, the seasoned experience, the authority to which you can surrender control...

But a new app from the good people at General Electricand Healthline can help doctors and patients get on the same page about anatomy -- what's hurting whom, and who's doing what where to help it. Among other things, it's designed to help physicians communicate as a visual aid in discussing diagnoses and treatment plans.That's something an app can do very well. It's called BodyMaps, and it involves this spinning apparition:

She does not grant wishes or respond to emotional cues. You can, though, make her spin around quickly (or slowly, slowly), so the app scores satisfactorily in the rubric for "imparts sense of omnipotence."

Beyond detailed anatomy, it also has 200 concise tutorials like "Why do I sneeze?"

Hint: It's related to the sneezing center.

The real highlight of BodyMaps, though, is the feature where you can annotate the images by drawing with your finger -- to illustrate your point. Because not all doctors are good with words, and not all words are good with doctors. You can only write in blue, black, or green. (Not red!)

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Body Maps: See All Your Parts, Skin Removal Not Required

Sep 5, 2012 07:56 PM ET by Kate Stanhope Follow katestanhope Tweet

Kim Raver

Grey's Anatomy and 24 grad Kim Raver is joining NBC's new drama Revolution in a recurring role, TVLine reports.

Executive-produced by J.J. Abrams, Revolution takes place 15 years in the future and shows the aftermath of a global blackout where the entire world lost power. The cast includes Billy Burke, Elizabeth Mitchell, Tracy Spiridakos and Giancarlo Esposito. The full Revolution pilot can be viewed early here.

Justified's David Meunier joins Revolution

Little is known about Raver's character other than that she will play a pivotal role.

Raver, 43, most recently played Dr. Teddy Altman on Grey's Anatomy for three seasons before exiting in May. She is also known for her role as Audrey Raines on 24, as well her work on The Nine, Lipstick Jungle and Third Watch.

Revolution premieres on Monday, Sept. 17 at 10/9c on NBC.

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As if he weren't already adorable enough, "Grey's Anatomy" star Jesse Williams will have fans cooing with adoration over the details of his recent wedding to longtime girlfriend Aryn Drake-Lee.

The 31-year-old actor, who portrays Dr. Jackson Avery on Shonda Rhimes' hit ABC medical drama, wed Drake-Lee, 32, in a "romantic, elegant evening ceremony" on Saturday, People magazine reports.

Williams and real estate broker Drake-Lee were together for more than five years before taking the next step with their Los Angeles wedding. The couple met in New York, where Williams was teaching at the time.

Their weekend nuptials were attended by close family and friends, and the love in the air was evident, one attendee told People magazine.

"Jesse was beaming with joy throughout the entire ceremony," the onlooker dished. "It was the perfect night with lots of smiling, laughing and emotion. You could feel the love they had for each other. They're madly in love!"

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Street Anatomy has teamed up with Annabel de Vetten of UK based Conjurer’s Kitchen to create anatomical heart cakes for our OBJECTIFY THIS exhibition coming up next Friday (September 7) in Chicago.  We are extremely excited for this opportunity to share some anatomical food with the gallery audience on opening night!

Annabel creates a range of creatively unique cakes and other goodies from artistic to anatomical.  She’s one of the fantastic cake makers participating in this years Eat Your Heart Out anatomical bake shop at St. Bart’s Pathology Museum in London.

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