Voxel-Man

VR Medical Training Simulators

Head of the Visible Human (1995)

This page shows some of the first anatomical images created from the Visible Human data using the Voxel-Man visualization system.

Muscles of the Visible Human's headVirtual dissection of the Visible Humans's headVirtual dissection of the Visible Human's brainWhite matter of the Visible Human's brain in a basal view

Leonardo da Vinci

Dissection of the Visible Human's head with two of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawingsSkull base and optic nerves of the Visible Human with corresponding anatomical drawings by Leonardo da VinciThe Visible Human, together with some of the famous anatomical drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.

Imaging Modalities

Imaging modalities such as x-ray, CT and MRI show different aspects of the Visible Human's anatomyMedical imaging modalities such as x-ray, CT and MRI visualize different aspects of human anatomy.

Red/Green Stereo

Viertual dissection of the Visible Human's head in red/green stereoVirtual dissection of the Visible Human's braiin in red/green stereoDepth perception can be enhanced by a stereogram of the image. These pictures should be viewed with red/green glasses. Colors are lost, though, when using this method.

References

  1. Thomas Schiemann, Ulf Tiede, Karl Heinz Höhne: Segmentation of the Visible Human for high-quality volume-based visualization. Medical Image Analysis 1, 4 (1997), 263-271.
  2. Ulf Tiede, Thomas Schiemann, Karl Heinz Höhne: Visualizing the Visible Human. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 16, 1 (1996), 7-9.

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