As you probably know “An object’s volume describes the amount of space it contains”. But, have you ever thought what could be the practical applications of volume? In medicine, volume measurements are used to characterize brain damage, lung function, sexual maturity, anemia, body fat percentage, and many other aspects of health. A few of these uses of volume are described below. 1.) Brain Damage from Alcohol Using modern medical imaging technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), doctors can take three-dimensional digital pictures of organs inside the body, including the brain. Computers can then measure the volumes of different parts of the brain from these digital pictures, using geometry and calculus to calculate volumes from raw image data. MRI volume studies show that many parts of the brain shrink over time in people who are addicted to alcohol. The frontal lobes—the wrinkled part of the brain surface that is just behind the forehead—are strongly affected...