Visible woman

Visible woman

Collection:
NLM Publications and Productions
Contributor(s):
Visible Human Project (National Library of Medicine (U.S.))
Publication:
[Bethesda, Md. : National Library of Medicine, 1997]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Anatomy, Cross-Sectional
Models, Anatomic
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Abstract:
The Visible Human Project began with the Visible Man. This video is about the Visible Woman, an unidentified caucasian woman who died at 59 of a heart attack. Dr. Victor Spitzer of the University of Colorado, the project director, accepted the cadaver and filmed it with a 3-D MRI. The body was then frozen and sliced into 5,189 paper-thin layers as compared to 1,878 layers for the Visibile Man. The result is a virtual 3-D human. Dr. Michael Ackerman, project liaison for the National Library of Medicine, describes how the project originated and its purpose. A high school teacher in Colorado explains how he uses the Visible Human in class, and his students report on their impressions. Greg Andorfer, Director of the Maryland Science Center, wants to set up an exhibit on the Visible Woman to accompany that of the Visible Man at the Science Center.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
007 min.
Color:
Color
Technique:
Animation and live action
NLM Unique ID:
101151419 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
50913517
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101151419