Voxel-Man

VR Simulators for Medical Training

The Visible Human Project

Logo of the NLM Visible Human ProjectCross-sectional image of the Visible Human with vertebral column, kidneys, intestines, and a small section of the liver (detail)Ellipsoids in RGB color space used for classification of various tissue types of the Visible HumanDifferent states of dissection of the Visible Human

In 1994, the Visible Human Project (VHP) of the U.S. National Library of Medicine published a dataset of 1878 photographic cross-sectional images of a a frozen male body (cryosections), taken at a distance of one millimeter from the head to the feet. For the first time, color information from all parts of the human body became available. The color images were complemented by corresponding CT and MRI images.

We used the Visible Human data to create 3D models and interactive 3D atlases of anatomy and radiology of unprecedented detail and realism.

Muscles of the torso of the Visible HumanTorso and Inner Organs (2000)

Heart of the Visible HumanHeart (1999)

Reanimating the Visible HumanReanimating the Visible Human (video, 1997)

Virtual dissection of the Visible Humans's headHead (1995)

 

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