title: Canonical form as a model for surgical illustration.
abstract: Surgical illustration follows a wide variety of styles, ranging from photorealism to schematic diagrams. The most widely used approach to surgical illustration relies heavily on realism, despite some studies showing that realism can have a detrimental effect on learning. A current trend towards simplifying surgical art offers the advantage of lowering production time and reproduction costs. This article provides a rationale for this trend by defining a specific model for surgical illustration based on canonical form.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Visualization, University of Illinois, Chicago.
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authors.lastname: McConathy
mesh_terms: D000716:Anatomy, Artistic; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration