Medical Avatar

Digital twins have also made their way into the medical sector in recent years. Medical avatars (MedA), as a further development of digital twins, enable the evaluation of therapeutic approaches or the testing of the effects of various pharmaceutical substances on the individual human organism in silico. Our approach conceptualizes MedA as modular, multi-layered models that integrate individual patient data, biophysical simulations, and AI-based predictions into a unified system. Through interoperable interfaces and a central orchestration layer, data sources, drug models, and simulation-based predictions can be dynamically linked. This creates a flexible, expandable overall system that can be used both for virtual clinical trials and for patient-specific therapy decisions.

Concrete examples

 

Fraunhofer MED²ICIN lighthouse project

Medical data as a basis for personalized treatment and intelligent cost management

 

MeDiTwin – Interactive and secure access to medical data

Digital twins for secure, transparent, and self-determined management of medical data in clinics and medical practices

 

3D-printed eye prostheses

Click2Print Artificial Eyes are cost-effective to produce and already improve the quality of life of people with eye injuries

 

CoSMo: Model-based anatomical recognition

Automatic segmentation of medical image data using anatomical expertise