Quick 3D motion-capture system developed for imaging muscles

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SFU associate professor James Wakeling, who invented the 3D muscle imaging system

New technology is able to capture 3D images of muscle contractions in less time and more detail than was previously possible (Muscle Man image via Shutterstock)

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Current medical imaging technology misses important data regarding muscle contraction, including the ways in which a muscle’s shape changes when it contracts, how the muscle bulges, and how its internal fibers become more curved ... or at least, so Simon Fraser University (SFU)’s associate professor James Wakeling tells us. In order to remedy that situation, he has developed a new method of imaging contracting muscles, that he claims should allow researchers to observe never-before-seen details of muscle activation.

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