A visible human online reference for medical education & reseach
the detailed, free of charge www-atlas of human cross sections
of the Workshop Anatomy for the Internet
(http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Medizin/Anatomie/workshop/vishuman/Eready.html)

Dr. H. Jastrow

Department of Anatomy, Histology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
Presentation
(this presentation was shown at the 3rd Visible Human Conference)
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Fig.21
The offered material is suitable for study and instruction of anatomy in general. In Figs.21 & 22 you see some examples what it can be used for. The broad spectrum of usability spans from university instruction of specialists and reference for scientific purposes over education of medical students, doctors and staff, teachings of clinical anatomy to biology lessons in college and high school. Either direct internet access or printouts of the images are applicable. For non-professionals the vocabulary is a valuable key to understanding the international terminology. The sequence of sections and motion pictures facilitate acquisition of a 3D-understanding of anatomy and topographical relationships. In the training of medical students and doctors it is essential to correlate anatomical structures of the human body with radiological images. For this reason sections are presented next to corresponding radiological images that also can serve radiologists as a reference. In brief the atlas is a source for many uses. Fig.22
Fig.23
A page with the conditions of use informs about legal aspects and explains how to obtain printouts of the images. High quality anatomy software is often not affordable for students. In contrast, the present offer, even though no freeware, allows everybody to benefit from the excellent material offered by the NLM. In so far it contributes to the realisation of the goals of the Visible Human Project (Ackerman 1998) by being easily accessible in the Internet and at no charge for personal use (Fig.23).

It is apparent that the present atlas is the most comprehensive one in the internet offering most detailed labelling of sections in the web. Otherwise, comparable detailed labelling, usually in English, is only present in few commercial CDs and books. For the reasons listed in Fig.24, the present contribution surveys other web-anatomy atlas projects and commercially available software. With its further anatomy teaching offers the Workshop Anatomy for the Internet represents a unique concept of presenting anatomy to specialists as well as to the general public.

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