JEFFSelects: Medical Images

Major Subject Gateways | Human Anatomy | Genetics & Microbiology
Diagnostic Imaging | Diseases & Pathology | Medical History | Public Health
Drugs & Herbals | General Biology | Non-Medical Images

Caution: Not all images linked to from this JEFFSelects may be used freely; use of images is subject to copyright law.
Please refer to the instructions on each individual Web site for information on the proper usage of its images.

Jefferson Resources

• Access Medicine (Campus Key required for off-campus access)
  Use the Image/Audio Search feature to identify images, hear heart and respiratory sounds, and view charts and figures from dozens of core clinical and scientific texts.
  
  
• images.MD from BioMed Central (Campus Key required for off-campus access)
  A continuously-updated encyclopedia of medical images, images.MD contains over 48,000 images ranging from allergy to urology, each accompanied by detailed and informative text contributed by more than 2,000 medical experts. The My Slides option allows you to create and manage slidesets containing up to 100 images for personal use. The images may be used in PowerPoint presentations and edited. Registration is required to use the customization features.
  
  
• Jefferson Clinical Image Database (Campus Key required)
  The JCI includes over 1,000 digital clinical images depicting a wide variety of disease entities ranging from the commonplace to the unusual. Students and residents, at all levels of training, are encouraged to visit the site to either refresh their clinical diagnostic skills in general, or to study a specific entity in more depth. The images were all photographed on the Jefferson campus; hence they represent a cross-section of diseases that a student is likely to encounter in an urban setting. Entries emphasize the description, diagnostic work-up, and treatment of each specific entity.
  
  
• Medical Media Services
  Jefferson's Medical Media Services office maintains files of campus and clinical photographs, graphics and video, as well as staff to produce new materials on demand. Online catalogs are not available, but MMS staff will respond to queries at 215-503-7841 or admin.mms@jefferson.edu.
  
  
• PHDIL: Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Database (open access)
  Images from the Jefferson archives and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania document the development of Jefferson and local hospitals.
  
  
• Primal Pictures Anatomy TV (Campus Key required for off-campus access)
  An interactive 3D dissection program, with over 6,500 images and movies that can be used in PowerPoint presentations or for other educational purposes.

Major Subject Gateways

• Medical Imaging Resource Center (RSNA)
  The Medical Imaging Resource Center (MIRC) provides access to teaching files, clinical and technical documents, electronic presentations, and imaging datasets for research and clinical trials. It is a project of the Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA).
  
  
• Finding Images on the Web or in Print (Cornell University)
  Weill Cornell Medical Library's image pathfinder includes methods to find medical images in variety of fields and a list of suggested medical image sites.
  
  
• Google Image Search
  Google's catalog of sites is currently the largest on the Internet. Its image search feature retrieves medical, scientific, and general images.
  
  
• Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) (National Digital Library)
  HEAL is a searchable database of multimedia files, including image, video, and audio files. The focus of this site is on medical and scientific multimedia resources. Free registration is required to contribute, but material can be viewed without registration.
  
  
• MedEdPORTAL (AAMC & McGill University)
  Peer-reviewed teaching resources include tutorials, virtual patients, cases, lab manuals, assessment instruments, faculty development materials, etc., and cover undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education. While images are not a searchable resource type, they are included in many of the resources. Access is free, but registration is required prior to view/download of material. Searchable by specialty, intended audience, learning objective, format, and more.
  
  
• Medical Image Databases on the Internet (University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio)
  This database provides links to a variety of other medical image databases from other institutions.
  
  
• Medical Images & Illustrations (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
  This is an extensive list of medical images Web sites.
  
  
• Medical Images on the Web (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
  A portal to medical images, produced by the McGoogan Library of Medicine
  
  
• Other Imaging Sites on the WWW (University of Iowa)
  This site provides links to other sites providing medical images, with an emphasis on radiology.
  
  
• TRIP Database
  This open access, evidence-based medicine database offers a limit to "Medical Images."
  
  
• Wellcome Images (Wellcome Library)
  Over 100,000 photographs, graphics, slides and historical reproductions from the Wellcome Library's collections in medical history, modern biomedical sciences and clinical medicine, depicting everything from anatomical cross sections to a cartoon of Charles Darwin as an ape.