VOXEL-MAN is the name of a set of a computer programs for creation and visualization of three-dimensional

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models of the human body derived from cross-sectional images of

computer tomography A computed tomography scan (CT scan; formerly called computed axial tomography scan or CAT scan) is a medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body. The personnel that perform CT scans are called radiographers ...

magnetic resonance tomography Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and radio waves ...

or photography (e. g. the Visible Human Project). It was developed at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. Applications include diagnostic imaging, digital anatomical atlases and surgery simulators. The 3D interactive atlases of anatomy and radiology for brain/skull (published 1998) and inner organs (published 2000) are available for fre
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The name Voxel-Man is derived from the term voxel, the elementary cuboid component of a digital representation of a three-dimensional object ( a "three dimensional pixel"). Occasionally the name Voxel-Man is also used as a general term for a digital representation of the human body.

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External links

VOXEL-MAN Interactive 3D-Atlases of Anatomy and Radiology (free download)

VOXEL-MAN Surgery Simulators and Virtual Body Models

Historic Video 1986-1991

VOXEL-MAN - The Virtual Patient: Images, Interactive Scenes, Videos and History of the VOXEL-MAN Project
Medical software