In 1994, the U.S. National Library of Medicine published an image dataset of a male human body as the first result of its Visible Human Project (VHP).
The body of a donor was fixated in a mixture of water and gelatin and frozen. Thin layers were removed at a distance of 1 mm, and a photo was taken of each resulting section. This way, 1878 cross-sectional images of the body were obtained that show the three-dimensional structure of the human anatomy from head to toe in high resolution and natural colors. The color images (also known as cryosections) were supplemented by corresponding CT and MRI images.
We used the cross-sectional images of the Visible Human to create 3D models of various regions of the body in unprecedented detail and realism:
Arm and Hand (2004)
Torso and Internal Organs (2000)
Heart (1999)
Reanimating the Visible Human (video, 1997)
Head (1995)
These models form the basis for various interactive 3D atlases of anatomy and radiology.
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