The visible human projects in Korea and China with improved images and diverse applications

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 527-534

  Dai, Jing Xing ^a   Chung, Min Suk ^a   Qu, Rong Mei ^a   Yuan, Lin ^a   Liu, Shu Wei ^c   Shin, Dong Sun ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cadaver; Frozen sections; Three dimensional imaging; Visible Human Projects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CADAVER; CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBEDDING; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KOREA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECT;

ADULT; CADAVER; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864490483     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-012-0945-8     Document Type: Article

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