Doctors who operate on the heart have often found it hard to plan surgeries because they could only see flat pictures from CT scans and MRIs. They had to imagine how a real, beating heart looks in three dimensions using these two-dimensional images. Now, new technology lets doctors turn these flat pictures into realistic, 3D digital models of a patient's heart, which they can study from every angle.

This change happened because of improvements in 3D imaging, artificial intelligence, and mixed reality headsets. With this technology, doctors can see and work with a lifelike, floating image of the heart. This helps them understand the heart’s structure better before surgery.

Thanks to this technology, surgeries are now quicker and safer. Doctors can find and fix problems more easily, and patients recover with fewer complications.