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BioDigital is a New York-based biomedical visualization company that is often referred to as being "Google Earth for the Human Body".〔Emerson, Rip.("Google Earth Meets the Body: BioDigital Gets $4M To Bring Its 3-D, Virtual Anatomy & Health Platform To Every Browser" ) TechCrunch. Sep. 24, 2013〕〔Bilton, Ricardo. ("BioDigital raises $4M to build the Google Earth for the human body" ) VentureBeat.Sep 25, 2013〕 BioDigital offers an interactive, 3D software platform that enables individuals and business to explore and visualize health information.〔Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg, Kasia (Dissecting the BioDigital Human: A 3D Anatomy Lesson. )" The Atlantic. Apr. 5 2012〕 Their flagship product, the BioDigital Human, is a "searchable, customizable map of the human body".〔Singer, Natasha. ("The Virtual Anatomy, Ready for Dissection" ) The New York Times. Jan. 7, 2012.〕 The BioDigital Human Platform has over a million users,〔Pofeldt, Elaine. ("3D Digital Model Of Human Body Attracts VC Funding" ). Forbes. Sep. 24, 2013.〕 including doctors, medical students, and yoga instructors.〔Bilton, Ricardo〕 New York University School of Medicine has used the software to teach medical students about anatomy.〔Darma, Stanley. ("Medical Students to Wear 3D Glasses for Anatomy Class?" ). MedGadget. Jan 13, 2012〕〔Hernandez, Darlena. ("A Digital Revolution for Studying Human Anatomy" ) Wired. Apr. 12, 2012〕 The company also offers a set of API’s that allow developers to use the company’s imaging technology. ==History== The company was founded in 2002 on the premise that 3D technology could be leveraged to make medical topics more comprehensible, accessible, and compelling.〔Singer, Natasha. () "The Virtual Anatomy, Ready for Dissection" The New York Times. January 7, 2012.〕 In 2011, the company expanded their technology to reach the greater public, compiling all visualizations into a proprietary web-based virtual model of the human body, the BioDigital Human.〔Empson, Rip. (). "Google Earth Meets The Body: BioDigital Gets $4M To Bring Its 3-D, Virtual Anatomy & Health Platform To Every Browser." TechCrunch. September 24, 2013.〕 The BioDigital Human was one of the early systems to leverage WebGL, which allows any supported browser to render 3D models in webpages without plugins.〔Bilton, Ricardo. () "BioDigital raises $4M to build the Google Earth for the human body". September 25, 2013.〕 In 2013, the company received a series of funding led by FirstMark Capital, New York University’s NYU Innovation Fund, a group of angel investors.〔(BioDigital Maps the Human Body ), Raises $4M. Pitchbook.Sep. 27, 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BioDigital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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