title: Creation of the Chinese visible human data set.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chondqing, China. zhangsx@mail.tmmu.com.cn
authors: Shao-Xiang
authors: SX
authors: Zhang
authors: Pheng-Ann
authors: PA
authors: Heng
authors: Zheng-Jin
authors: ZJ
authors: Liu
authors: Li-Wen
authors: LW
authors: Tan
authors: Ming-Guo
authors: MG
authors: Qiu
authors: Qi-Yu
authors: QY
authors: Li
authors: Rong-Xia
authors: RX
authors: Liao
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Li
authors: Gao-Yu
authors: GY
authors: Cui
authors: Yan-Li
authors: YL
authors: Guo
authors: Xiao-Ping
authors: XP
authors: Yang
authors: Guang-Jiu
authors: GJ
authors: Liu
authors: Jing-Lu
authors: JL
authors: Shan
authors: Ji-Jun
authors: JJ
authors: Liu
authors: Wei-Guo
authors: WG
authors: Zhang
authors: Xian-Hong
authors: XH
authors: Chen
authors: Jin-Hua
authors: JH
authors: Chen
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Chen
authors: Ming
authors: M
authors: Lu
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: You
authors: Xue-Li
authors: XL
authors: Pang
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Xiao
authors: Yong-Ming
authors: YM
authors: Xie
mesh_terms: 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