Creation of the Chinese visible human data set.
The United States Visible Human Project (VHP) created a digital image data set of complete human male (data acquisition finished in November 1994) and female (data acquisition finished in December 1995) cadavers in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and anatomical (anatomic serial section) modes. VHP aroused worldwide enthusiasm for Visible Human Research (VHR), and the data set is being used in a variety of research and educational domains. The Visible Korean Human (VKH) male was produced in March 2001. To accelerate worldwide VHR and to promote virtual anatomy as a revolutionary break with conventional anatomy, more visible human data sets representative of different populations of the world are in demand. The Chinese Visible Human (CVH) male (created in October 2002) and female (created in February 2003) project achieved greater integrity of images, easier blood vessel identification, and were free of organic lesion (unlike the other visible human projects). We performed data acquisition, three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction, and visualization with improved technology to create CVH male and female. CVH is the first volumetric data representing a complete normal adult human male and female of an Asian population. This article presents the history of Chinese Visible Human cadavers and the methods and technology used to produce the data set.
Zhang
Shao-Xiang
SX
Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chondqing, China. zhangsx@mail.tmmu.com.cn
Heng
Pheng-Ann
PA
Liu
Zheng-Jin
ZJ
Tan
Li-Wen
LW
Qiu
Ming-Guo
MG
Li
Qi-Yu
QY
Liao
Rong-Xia
RX
Li
Kai
K
Cui
Gao-Yu
GY
Guo
Yan-Li
YL
Yang
Xiao-Ping
XP
Liu
Guang-Jiu
GJ
Shan
Jing-Lu
JL
Liu
Ji-Jun
JJ
Zhang
Wei-Guo
WG
Chen
Xian-Hong
XH
Chen
Jin-Hua
JH
Wang
Jian
J
Chen
Wei
W
Lu
Ming
M
You
Jian
J
Pang
Xue-Li
XL
Xiao
Hong
H
Xie
Yong-Ming
YM
D019412:Anatomy, Cross-Sectional / Q000379:methods*; D044466:Asian People; D002681:China; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic