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Visible Human Project

Digital image data sets, created by the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE, consisting of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies. The images were generated from carefully selected and prepared CADAVERS in three modes: computerized tomography (TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED), magnetic resonance (MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING) and cryosection (CRYOSECTIONING).