• His recent research projects have included such diverse topics as parallel Monte Carlo computing using GPU/CUDA, nanomaterials-based x-ray sources, X-ray computed tomography (CT) and proton radiotherapy, compressive sensing. (wikipedia.org)
  • Static imaging techniques, such as: X-rays, Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), capture the tongue in a sustained posture. (artisynth.org)
  • However, most existing automated segmentation methods are designed for computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging data, and they may not be applicable for cryosection images due to the imaging difference. (hindawi.com)
  • Computed tomography scans of the same specimen were collected for anatomical reconstruction a priori. (asme.org)
  • The web-based environment allows users to navigate through human anatomy, using a knowledge base of more than 700,000 annotations covering more than 2,500 different named anatomical structures. (health.mil)
  • Fast and accurate segmentation of these images into white matter, gray matter, and cerebrospinal fluid plays a critical role in analyzing and measuring the anatomical structures of human brain. (hindawi.com)
  • Furthermore, we reconstructed three-dimensional surfaces of these tissues, which show their potential in exploring the high-resolution anatomical structures of human brain. (hindawi.com)
  • The anatomical structures of the brain tissues are very complex and associated with a number of neurological diseases. (hindawi.com)
  • By segmenting CVH brain tissues into cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), gray matter (GM), white matter (WM), or other anatomical structures, we can study human brain and apply it in various fields, such as anatomical education, medical image interpretation, and disease diagnosis [ 3 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • We described the variability of the anatomical distribution and highlighted the relations with the vascular and nervous structures for each of these ligaments. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Nous avons décrit la variabilité de la distribution anatomique, et mis en évidence les relations avec les structures vasculaires et nerveuses pour chacun de ces ligaments. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Volume models made from magnetic resonance images on computed tomographs can produce horizontal, coronal, sagittal, and oblique planes that are used widely in clinics, although detailed structures cannot be identified. (koreamed.org)
  • The sectioned images with high quality and the segmentation data of Visible Korean enabled the identification of detailed anatomical structures on the planes. (koreamed.org)
  • Moreover, owing to the small number of segmented structures, it was difficult to identify detailed anatomical structures. (koreamed.org)
  • Anatomy.tv is a suite of 3D interactive models of human anatomy, including functional anatomy and clinical specialties. (montgomerycollege.edu)
  • Access to Human Anatomy Atlas and Skeleton Premium. (montgomerycollege.edu)
  • Cryosection images in the Chinese Visible Human (CVH) dataset show the true color of the human body in a high spatial resolution and contain more rich and original details of the brain anatomy than other medical imaging, such as CT and MRI [ 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Detached investigation and emotional reverence collide in LISA NILSSON's beautiful, paper sculptures based on cross-sections of human-and sometimes animal -anatomy. (otherpeoplespixels.com)
  • Did you pick it specifically for your current project on human anatomy or did you practice the technique before beginning this project? (otherpeoplespixels.com)
  • In the end, I found that the solitude and impracticality of the studio suited me best, but the anatomy and physiology study in school was helpful in introducing me to the basics of what I was looking at in the images of cross-sections. (otherpeoplespixels.com)
  • A famous textbook of human anatomy, Pernkopf Anatomy, Atlas of Topographic and Applied Human Anatomy (2 volumes) by Dr. Eduard Pernkopf , features stunning artwork of cadavers and is considered a valuable classic in understanding the human body. (lionden.com)
  • Users can access interactive radiology images, animated muscle group modules, sketches of anatomy, and links to neuroanatomy information. (nursejournal.org)
  • This comprehensive study guide focuses on all aspects of human anatomy and physiology. (nursejournal.org)
  • This easy-to-use training module for anatomy and physiology gives an overview of the systems and organs in the human body. (nursejournal.org)
  • These human anatomy learning modules contain images, videos, and self-assessment questions. (nursejournal.org)
  • Our data revealed several similarities and differences in anatomy between swine and humans. (bvsalud.org)
  • Xu and his students pioneered a method to use cadaver images to construct voxel human phantoms that are anatomically realistic. (wikipedia.org)
  • When combined with an anatomical image data set, development of anatomically realistic and mechanically validated models becomes possible. (asme.org)
  • This innovative method also afforded the ability to simulate changes in human posture as well as physiology-caused organ deformation such as respiration. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dynamic imaging can provide insight into the physiology of the tongue for different subjects. (artisynth.org)
  • Moreover, TVR Technology should be able to manage and control what kind and where the object's contact is felt through its special algorithms for touch receptors simulation which can affect human physiology and behavior directly. (prsorgu.org)
  • 2000 reported, for the first time, a method in adopting a set of high-fidelity color image dataset from the Visible Human Project to develop the VIP-Man phantom which remains today to be one of the "finest" voxel phantoms with a voxel size of 0.33mm x 0.33mm x 1 mm. (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, the fuzzy -means method classifies image by grouping similar data that are present into clusters and varying the degree of membership function allows the voxel to belong to the multiple classes [ 4 , 5 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The original voxel size of sectioned images was increased appropriately so that the volume model could be handled by typical personal computers. (koreamed.org)
  • In some projects, however, real-color volume models are made from real-color sectioned images: in Germany, VOXEL-MAN from real-color sectioned images of Visible Human Project (VHP), 12 18 and in the United States, virtual dissection table of Anatomage from real-color sectioned images of Visible Korean. (koreamed.org)
  • The Visible Human Project will initially create a digital image data set of a complete human male and female cadaver, with digitized anatomical photographs, as well as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computer tomography (CT) data. (edu.pl)
  • The Visible Human Data Set consists of Magnetic Resonance Interferometry (MRI), Computerized Tomography (CT) and anatomical images. (edu.pl)
  • A magnetic resonance imaging study was undertaken in order to rule out a herniated disc. (bvsalud.org)
  • The methodology behind the development of VIP-Man phantom represented a breakthrough in using "voxels" in Monte Carlo dose calculations for the human body. (wikipedia.org)
  • The National Library of Medicine has undertaken to provide a set of digitized images of the human body for use in education and research. (edu.pl)
  • Axial MRI images of the head and neck and longitudinal sections of the rest of the body were obtained at 4 mm intervals. (edu.pl)
  • In order to fix the body, they apply semi-transparent blue gelatin to surround the body and make the image full of blue color outside the body. (edu.pl)
  • depending on the flexibility one is willing to grant each of these terms of "body" and "information," it is also found throughout the history of the anatomical sciences as well as in genetics. (enculturation.net)
  • For example, in the early modern period one finds in Andreas Vesalius' sixteenth-century texts an anatomical body doubly encoded through representational strategies (based on but differing radically from the practice of dissection) and the regular utilization of diagrams, taxonomies, and charts. (enculturation.net)
  • Comprehensive 3D atlas of the human body. (montgomerycollege.edu)
  • The first body used in the project, the Visible Man, belonged to a man executed by U.S. government. (lionden.com)
  • The site provides descriptions and pictures of human body parts and organ systems, tutorials, and journal articles. (nursejournal.org)
  • The clearly labeled images present all the bones in the human body from the skull to the lower extremities. (nursejournal.org)
  • The additional ability of MRI to also measure muscle volumes, muscle AT infiltration and ectopic fat, in combination with rapid scanning protocols and efficient image analysis tools, makes quantitative MRI a powerful tool for advanced body composition assessment. (highwire.org)
  • The human body-as well as the body of every other animal-is mainly composed of four molecular-level components: water, fat, proteins and minerals, usually in that order of decreasing amounts. (highwire.org)
  • My pursuit of health had lead me to study the human body. (in-spite-of-it-all-trots-allt.se)
  • In that long poem Whitman describes the human body as a miracle. (in-spite-of-it-all-trots-allt.se)
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  • The users' test results showed improved learning effectiveness by using TVR because they experienced all five senses at once to learn better about the anatomical structure of the body during the virtual dissection task. (prsorgu.org)
  • Cryosection brain images in Chinese Visible Human (CVH) dataset contain rich anatomical structure information of tissues because of its high resolution (e.g., 0.167 mm per pixel). (hindawi.com)
  • I then pursued a postdoc at Johns Hopkins with Dr. Jeff Siewerdsen in Biomedical Engineering, developing reconstruction and registration methods for x-ray based image-guided surgery. (stanford.edu)
  • An internationally recognized leading expert in Monte Carlo computation and radiation protection dosimetry, Xu is a co-founder of the International Consortium of Computational Human Phantoms and co-edited Handbook of Anatomical Models for Radiation Dosimetry. (wikipedia.org)
  • The VIP-Man phantom, which has been shared with several hundreds of researchers worldwide, made it possible to study radiation dosimetry in health physics as well as medical physics (medical imaging and radiotherapy). (wikipedia.org)
  • 6 7 Furthermore, volume models of MRIs can be used for volumetric analysis of a structure for the diagnosis of various diseases 8 9 and for human simulation purposes, such as phantoms for electromagnetic dosimetry. (koreamed.org)
  • The application derives from data in the National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project, which includes images of a male human cadaver that was first frozen then sectioned prior to photographing and scanning each section. (health.mil)
  • I work from a combination of medical illustrations (typically older), 19th century prints and photographic images from the government-sponsored Visible Human Project , in which a cadaver was frozen, encased in a block, then photographed at very fine intervals as it was gradually ground away. (otherpeoplespixels.com)
  • This easy-to-use study guide asks students to pick a bone from the "Bone Box" to learn terminology and anatomical structure. (nursejournal.org)
  • Dr. Xu and students demonstrated, for the first time, that it was possible to rapidly create phantoms representing a pregnant mother at the end of 3-, 6-, and 9-month gestational periods without relying on patient images that are difficult to obtain for pregnant patients. (wikipedia.org)
  • For students from high school through medical school, this study guide includes descriptive text, images, and animations. (nursejournal.org)
  • However, there is good evidence to indicate that some of the cadavers used as models for this book were victims of the Nazi holocaust that were dissected at Dr. Pernkopf's lab at the University of Vienna, where the book was produced. (lionden.com)
  • Anatomical models have always been a mainstay of descriptive embryology. (asu.edu)
  • The aim of this study was to distribute free of charge, real-color volume models produced from sectioned images with the production method. (koreamed.org)
  • By using Dicom Browser and MRIcroGL, the sectioned images were processed to become the volume models. (koreamed.org)
  • Other researchers can utilize the method of this study to produce volume models from their own sectioned images. (koreamed.org)
  • Three-dimensional (3D) volume models consist of pixel information of two-dimensional (2D) medical images with spacing information between the 2D images. (koreamed.org)
  • Students may use these images for research, training, and study purposes. (nursejournal.org)
  • Users can study the images and take online quizzes. (nursejournal.org)
  • We believe that our study highlights the anatomical basis necessary to safely perform these surgeries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The study contributes to the description of the anatomical variability of the ligaments and logically presents details that contribute to preventing most surgical incidents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Earlier published studies of this method are summarized, and a previously unpublished validation study, based on 4753 subjects from the UK Biobank imaging cohort, comparing the quantitative MRI method with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is presented. (highwire.org)
  • The purpose of the current study was to biomechanically characterize bovine, ovine, and porcine menisci (each n = 6, midpart of the medial meniscus) and compare their properties to that of normal and degenerated human menisci (n = 6) and two commercially available artificial scaffolds (each n = 3). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, the goal of this study was to record and disseminate the mechanical response of a foot specimen, supported by imaging data. (asme.org)
  • Anatlab is installed on a multi-touch table that offers visitors a unique interactive contrasted with the natural human specimens installed in nearby exhibit cases. (health.mil)
  • Housed in shadowboxes, her sculptures refer to both religious relics and scientific specimens, highlighting the human need to understand our place in the world, whether through rationality or direct experience. (otherpeoplespixels.com)
  • Prior to returning to Stanford in 2018, I was a Senior Scientist at Varian Medical Systems, developing x-ray/CT methods for image-guided radiation therapy. (stanford.edu)
  • Xu has directed numerous projects, with a total of about $20 million in grant funding from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Electric Power Research Institute, as well as private nuclear power industry. (wikipedia.org)
  • Such projects are producing an incredible amount of biological data which must be organized so that it can be useful for research in such areas as medical genetics, pharmacology, immunology, internal medicine, and biotech generally. (enculturation.net)
  • In addition, many technoscience research projects which have already incorporated computers into their programmes are also utilizing the Internet and the Web as constiutive components of research. (enculturation.net)
  • The Visible Human Project sponsored by the NLM (National Library of Medicine) is an ongoing effort to use modern imaging techniques with cadavers to produce digital data that can be used for a variety of research and educational purposes. (lionden.com)
  • For future research the use of ovine meniscus would be desirable showing the highest biomechanical similarities to human meniscus tissue. (biomedcentral.com)
  • He is a member of various interdisciplinary research groups related to research on human-animal relations and of the editorial board of journal Tierstudien . (okto-lab.org)
  • Since 2013 he has been professor for interdisciplinary music research with a particular focus on Human-Animal Studies at the Nuremberg University of Music. (okto-lab.org)
  • As part of this professorship, he is developing innovative theoretical, historical and in particular interdisciplinary approaches at the interface of scientific and artistic research for teaching and works towards establishing an international research network in the field of Human-Animal Studies. (okto-lab.org)
  • The protein has 238 amino acids, three of them (Numbers 65 to 67) form a structure that emits visible green fluorescent light. (asu.edu)
  • He and his colleagues were interested in novel computational and experimental methods that have important and diverse applications in radiation protection, radiation measurement, shielding design]], reactor modeling, medical imaging, and radiotherapy. (wikipedia.org)
  • or X-radiation (indirectly ionizing radiation) for humans. (en-academic.com)
  • The anatomical cross-sections are also at 1 mm intervals and coincide with the CT axial images. (edu.pl)
  • Had the article used the terms "male" and "female" in its anatomical descriptions it would immediately have become clear that the choice of the term "prostate" to divide humans into two categories was a sexist one. (blogspot.com)
  • Bonnie Martin-Harris [ http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/chp/directory/faculty/martinharris.htm ] and her colleagues at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Georgia created MBSImP based on judgments of structural movement relative to bolus flow from videofluoroscopic images using standardized bolus volumes and consistencies. (artisynth.org)
  • applied an edge-preserving data combination technique based on Markov Random Field, to build super-resolution volumes of the human tongue. (artisynth.org)
  • Specifically, our model includes two successive parts where two three-layer SAEs take image patches as input to learn the complex anatomical feature representation, and then these features are sent to Softmax classifier for inferring the labels. (hindawi.com)
  • The available data includes a surprisingly wide array, from traditional optical pictures to synthetic aperture radar that can see through clouds, to thermal images that can detect artillery or missile fire. (blogspot.com)
  • The user can explore every slice of the Visible Human data set from three different viewpoints (axial, coronal, and sagittal), preview the sample slices and then manipulate the full size images by popup image windows. (edu.pl)
  • however, much noise is introduced during CVH image acquisition and the image contrast is low at some positions because of the asymmetric illumination. (hindawi.com)
  • This paper discuss about the Visible Human project, the Visible Human data set, data set process, and the most important - put it online by using JAVA programming language. (edu.pl)
  • The Northeast Parallel Architectures Center (NPAC) at Syracuse University has obtained a copy of the Visible Human data set and is working on processing the raw data to produce two and three dimensional images that can be accessed over the Internet for educational purposes. (edu.pl)
  • Nevertheless, without segmentation, the computer cannot recognize and define a tissue's contour automatically, and the anatomical images are difficult to be used for lateral medical application [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The axial anatomical images are 2048 pixels by 1216 pixels where each pixel is defined by 24 bits of color, about 7.5 megabytes. (edu.pl)
  • 16 bits gray), 12 13 since the sectioned images are superior to MRIs. (koreamed.org)
  • Scientists at NMHMChicago developed an atlas of more than 350 neuroanatomical images that can be explored at the cellular level using the innovative new Vscope System, a virtual microscope also designed by scientists working for NMHMChicago. (health.mil)
  • The Muscle Atlas contains over 80 images and descriptions of upper and lower extremities. (nursejournal.org)
  • Also, the gradient-based segmentation technique like Watershed [ 7 ] constructs many dams for segmenting image, but it is easy to produce oversegmentation. (hindawi.com)
  • The MRI images are 256 pixel by 256 pixel resolution. (edu.pl)
  • Dynamic imaging techniques, such as dynamic MRI, Videofluoroscopy, CT and Ultrasound, compete to record the nature and the chronology of the tongue movements during swallowing. (artisynth.org)
  • Currently, most existing brain segmentation algorithms are based on CT or MRI images. (hindawi.com)
  • Designed for students and healthcare workers, this site offers a library of anatomical images. (nursejournal.org)
  • Gunther von Hagens invented a form of the method in 1977 at Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany after observing medical students struggle working with cadavers that quickly decomposed. (asu.edu)
  • In the aftermath of the museum's devastation, a group of graduate students launched a campaign to retrieve traces of the collection through images and videos taken by visitors throughout the years. (kaderattia.de)
  • The hilarity begins with the way human beings are classified for the purposes of this article: Into prostate-owners and non-prostate-owners. (blogspot.com)
  • The people in NLM use blue color to fill in the holes in the images. (edu.pl)
  • The data was eventually reconstructed using 3-D computer imaging software, and then used in the Anatlab application. (health.mil)
  • So there remains a challenging problem of how to explore new model to segment the whole hundreds of CVH brain images in high accuracy and efficiency. (hindawi.com)
  • Hughes sent that a standard book The Profitable of our human ' promotes that there should understand silk for important first Form to the debit that eccentric may delete rational to the page of the banks and that systems may kill requested by Clinical thoughts. (wise-biz.net)
  • I started using gilded paper in my anatomical work, in part, because it looks cool, but also to reference the precious and the divine. (otherpeoplespixels.com)
  • Tell us about the process of moving from two-dimensional image to paper sculpture. (otherpeoplespixels.com)
  • The NPAC Visible Human Viewer is a user friendly interface with easy to understand descriptions and a user guide online. (edu.pl)
  • Les analyses histologiques et immunohistochimiques de la masse seront en faveur d'un paragangliome rétropéritonéal extra surrénalien.Message clinique clé :Ce type tumoral fait l'objet de peu de descriptions dans la littérature vétérinaire. (bvsalud.org)
  • I made my first two anatomical pieces, Female Torso and Head and Torso , in 2010, then took a year away from the studio to become a certified medical assistant. (otherpeoplespixels.com)
  • In the revelatory and extraordinary decision, the sovereign is made visible. (boundary2.org)
  • Bhavsar creates these images with dry granules of pigment, the materials that paints are made from. (southasiajournal.net)
  • The dissection pieces were photographed and the images obtained were discussed upon. (biomedcentral.com)
  • B Banerjee and I Brett Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Tameside General Hospital, Fountain Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire Over a period of several years it has been noticed that in a number of patients undergoing cholecystosonography, as in outpatient procedures, the gallbladder was found to be contracted although otherwise appeared normal. (docksci.com)
  • Department of Health and Human Services. (wise-biz.net)
  • Could you talk about the historical associations of this technique as they relate to your anatomical studies? (otherpeoplespixels.com)
  • His particular interest is the role of music in relation to the interdisciplinary field of Human-Animal Studies. (okto-lab.org)
  • The stunning images are a main source of information and inspiration for my Tissue Series . (otherpeoplespixels.com)
  • A debate that has been raging since the mid-1990s centers around whether the book should still be used, considering the source of some of the cadavers. (lionden.com)
  • Whereas in Western museums entire staff painstakingly restore statues, paintings and objects, returning them to what they declare to be their 'authentic' state, in works such as The Repair from Occident to Extra-Occidental Cultures (2012) Attia creates the art of the of the repaired injury , of the visible scar and in doing so offers us a museum of emotions. (kaderattia.de)
  • Currently the images are only available as two dimensional slices, via The NPAC Visible Human Viewer , an interactive graphical interface written in Java . (edu.pl)
  • 1) the quality of the figure is a tad disappointing, with visible mould-joints around the figure, especially the obvious visible neck-to-head joints (which came apart slightly when i tugged at it gently, my bad :p), which is fine if the figure is left standing as-is and you don't take a peek underneath :p but then again, this was released at the end of 2005, innit? (blogspot.com)
  • As a result, the term "X-ray" is metonymically used to refer to a radiographic image produced using this method, in addition to the method itself. (en-academic.com)