IMPORTANT NOTICE: ANATOMIA is a service for people who take CT or MRI scans to visualize tomographic images as stereoscopic models for better understanding of their own body structures. The service is not intended to diagnose or treat diseases. Please consult your doctor or hospital about diagnosis and treatment.

Medical tomography is a complex world with long history with diverse aspects. In order for you to use ANATOMIA, some fundermentals are explained.

Types of tomographic apparatus

How the images are taken

Obtaining data

Uploading

How the images are made

Extraction of organ shape

Security

Some stereoscopic structures actually generated by ANATOMIA are shwon as examples.

IMPORTANT: Since the actual internal structures of the human body is displayed, there is a possibility of getting mental shock. Please be careful when viewing the samples.

Bones(CT)

Lung and bronchial tree(CT)

Intracerebral vessel(MRI)

Brochure explaining the service of ANATOMIA.

Brochure of ANATOMIA

ANATOMIA realizes intuitive and easy operability. Please read the following totorial prior to start using ANATOMIA.

ANATOMIA Tutorial

Recording medium such as a CD ROM or DVD obtained from hospital contains a lot of medical images other than the slice images. ANATOMIA AA（ANATOMIA Analyzer and Anonymizer）is a Windows OS application that identifies slice images from the medium, and removes personal information such as name before uploading. A_AA will be provided free of charge to users of ANATOMIA.

ANATOMIA_AA operation manual

ANATOMIA AA runs on Windows 7 and later Windows OS.

ANATOMIA runs on an Internet browser. It works with Chrome and FireFox, but it is not guaranteed operation with Internet Explorer. Browser should be set to allow JavaScript and popup window functions. Also, advanced graphics functions are required. Stereoscopic display can not work in environments that do not support WebGL.

Links

人体図・図解・体の仕組み - 家庭の医学 (Japanese)

The structure in the body is explained in an easy-to-understand manner.

画像診断カフェ (Japanese)

Organs in medical tomographic images are explained in an easy-to-understand manner

Books

「世界一簡単にわかる人体解剖図鑑」、坂井建雄著、宝島社 (Japanese)

「人体の全解剖図鑑」、水嶋章陽著、日本文芸社 (Japanese)

「画像解剖コンパクトナビ」、百島祐貴、医学教育出版社 (Japanese)

「CT Super Basic」、市川勝弘、オーム社 (Japanese)