Digital Twins in Health Already Helping in Disease Treatment

Digital twins in health care have begun to help practitioners understand patient conditions, even novel ones such as COVID-19’s impact on the lungs. A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical object or system across its life cycle. It uses real-time data and other sources to enable learning and dynamic recalibration for improved decision-making as processes unfold. This highly complex digital model is a counterpart, or twin, of a physical thing, such as a car, a piece of equipment or a person