• The Visible Human Project is an effort to create a detailed data set of cross-sectional photographs of the human body, in order to facilitate anatomy visualization applications. (wikipedia.org)
  • With its 100 million patches of simulated cells, the digital twin-a fully functional simulation of human anatomy- pumps at a leisurely pace as it tests treatments, from drugs to implants. (time.com)
  • The female cadaver was cut into slices at 0.33-millimeter intervals, resulting in some 40 gigabytes of data. (wikipedia.org)
  • The data are supplemented by axial sections of the whole body obtained by computed tomography, axial sections of the head and neck obtained by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and coronal sections of the rest of the body also obtained by MRI. (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)
  • On the surface the task of bioinformatics seems fairly straightforward: to efficiently organize the overwhelming amount of biological and genetic data produced by such projects as those involved in genomic mapping and sequencing. (enculturation.net)
  • In coming decades, though, doctors will be able to use digital twins-which see the exchange of data and insights between a real and virtual human-to better predict what lies in store for patients, helping what is mostly a one-size-fits-all approach evolve into one that is truly predictive and personalized. (time.com)
  • For nearly two decades, National Geographic documented the story of Susan Potter and Dr. Victor M. Spitzer, the director of the Center for Human Simulation at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus who led the NIH-funded project, releasing a video documentary in 2018. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most important, her human virtual heart predictions are more accurate than comparable animal studies, offering a way to reduce vivisection-the process of operating on live animals for scientific research. (time.com)
  • Near it was the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) or as it is also known, the Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope building, a "state-of-the-art single-dish radio telescope for observations in the sub-millimeter wavelength range… the most accurate radio telescope ever built. (oneworldofnations.com)
  • There are currently efforts to repeat this project with higher resolution images but only with parts of the body instead of a cadaver. (wikipedia.org)
  • At the prompting of a prison chaplain he had agreed to donate his body for scientific research or medical use, without knowing about the Visible Human Project. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2000, Susan Potter-a cancer patient and a disability rights activist-became the third body donor to the project, spending the 15 following years until her death by pneumonia in 2015 as an outspoken advocate for medical education and a mentor of medical students at the University of Colorado. (wikipedia.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)
  • While not as publicly visible as some of the other team members Chris is a driving force behind POV-Ray. (povray.org)
  • In one virtual "drug trial," for example, where 62 drugs and reference compounds were tested in more than a thousand simulations of human heart cells, her team predicted the risk that drugs would cause abnormal heart rhythms with 89% accuracy. (time.com)
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  • The male cadaver was encased and frozen in a gelatin and water mixture in order to stabilize the specimen for cutting. (wikipedia.org)
  • The male cadaver is from Joseph Paul Jernigan, a 39-year-old Texas murderer who was executed by lethal injection on August 5, 1993. (wikipedia.org)
  • Transverse CT, MR and cryosection images of a male cadaver were developed, sectioned at one-millimeter intervals. (nih.gov)
  • Specifically, the VHP provides a public-domain library of cross-sectional cryosection, CT, and MRI images obtained from one male cadaver and one female cadaver. (nih.gov)
  • The female cadaver was cut into slices at 0.33-millimeter intervals, resulting in some 40 gigabytes of data. (wikipedia.org)
  • It depicts a cadaver of a real human being, at 0.33 millimeter voxel resolution in full color . (atomontage.com)
  • A male and a female cadaver were cut into thin slices, which were then photographed and digitized. (wikipedia.org)
  • The specimen was then "cut" in the axial plane at 1-millimeter intervals. (wikipedia.org)
  • Axial MRI images of the head and neck, and longitudinal sections of the rest of the body were obtained at 4mm intervals. (nih.gov)
  • The anatomical cross-sections are at 1mm intervals to coincide with the CT images. (nih.gov)
  • However, the axial anatomical images were obtained at 0.33 mm intervals. (nih.gov)
  • In 2000, Susan Potter-a cancer patient and a disability rights activist-became the third body donor to the project, spending the 15 following years until her death by pneumonia in 2015 as an outspoken advocate for medical education and a mentor of medical students at the University of Colorado. (wikipedia.org)
  • By the time Potter met Spitzer in 2000, she had gone through 26 surgeries and had been diagnosed with melanoma, breast cancer and diabetes: her participation in the Visible Human Project marked a significant departure from the original goals of the project, which up until then had only focused on the dissection and imaging of healthy bodies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Higher resolution axial anatomical images of the male data set were made available in August 2000. (nih.gov)
  • There are 1,871 cross-sections for both CT and anatomical images. (nih.gov)
  • These images, each approximately 32 megabytes in size, are available for all 1,871 male color cryosections. (nih.gov)
  • The Visible Human Male data set consists of MRI, CT, and anatomical images. (nih.gov)
  • The approximately 7.5 megabyte axial anatomical images are 2048 pixels by 1216 pixels, with each pixel being .33mm in size, and defined by 24 bits of color. (nih.gov)
  • There are 5,189 anatomical images in the Visible Human Female data set. (nih.gov)
  • The data are supplemented by axial sections of the whole body obtained by computed tomography, axial sections of the head and neck obtained by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and coronal sections of the rest of the body also obtained by MRI. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Visible Man data set was publicly released in 1994 and the Visible Woman in 1995. (nih.gov)
  • The procedure consists of two freezing and thawing cycles, seeking a frozen margin of approximately 5 millimeters beyond the tumor edge to ensure death of the entire tumor. (vetscite.org)
  • The Visible Human Project is an effort to create a detailed data set of cross-sectional photographs of the human body, in order to facilitate anatomy visualization applications. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are currently efforts to repeat this project with higher resolution images but only with parts of the body instead of a cadaver. (wikipedia.org)
  • The MRI images are 256 by 256 pixel resolution with each pixel made up of 12 bits of gray tone. (nih.gov)
  • Seventy-millimeter still photographs taken during the cryosectioning procedure were digitized at a pixel resolution of 4096 pixels by 2700 pixels. (nih.gov)
  • Research issues include knowledge representation, knowledge base structure, knowledge acquisition, and the human- machine interface for complex systems. (nih.gov)
  • The Branch also conducts research in digital libraries and collaborates with NLM's History of Medicine Division on Profiles in Science, a project to digitize collections of prominent biomedical scientists. (nih.gov)
  • The project is run by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) under the direction of Michael J. Ackerman. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is real-world data from the U.S. National Library of Medicine Visible Human Project® . (atomontage.com)
  • The Visible Human Female data set has the same characteristics as the Visible Human Male. (nih.gov)
  • One of the most notable statements came from the University of Vienna, which demanded that the images be withdrawn with reference to the point that the medical profession should have no association with executions, and that the donor's informed consent could be scrutinized. (wikipedia.org)
  • For nearly two decades, National Geographic documented the story of Susan Potter and Dr. Victor M. Spitzer, the director of the Center for Human Simulation at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus who led the NIH-funded project, releasing a video documentary in 2018. (wikipedia.org)
  • A large-scale Montage featuring four 3D data type sources, all mixed together after being converted to the universal Atomontage format: Point clouds, polygons, image stacks, and procedurally generated geometry all effortlessly combined into a huge surrealistic scene with more than a trillion voxels. (atomontage.com)
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