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Navigation

The 72 cross-sectional images on this site are organized by eight anatomical regions. After selecting an anatomical region from the Index page, a list of cross-sections in that anatomical region will be displayed as shown in Figure 1. As you roll over the cross-section titles, a preview of the cross-section and location of the cross-section in the body will appear on the left.

Figure 1

After selecting a cross-section from the cryosection list, the selected cross-section page will be displayed as shown in Figure 2. There are many navigational tools scattered throughout this page.

Figure 2

The first set of navigational tools are just below the Visible Man banner and above the cross-sectional image (Figure 2a). The Home and Search buttons direct you back to the main page and the search page respectively. The Go To button allows you to go directly to any of the 72 cross-sectional pages in the site. The Back button allows you to go back in the site one page at a time. To the right of the Back button is the title of the anatomical section where the current cross-section is located. Just above the cross-sectional image, the Previous and Next buttons allow you to navigate through the cross-sections within the same anatomical section. (Figure 2a).

Figure 2a

The final set of navigational tools are just below the cross-sectional image (Figure 2b). The first of these, Zoom Views, allows you to select a zoom view of the selected cross-section. The second navigational tool, Correlative Images, allows you to access correlative CT images for each of the tissue cross-sections.

Figure 2b

The Zoom Views navigational button opens a specific zoom view in the same window. The zoom pages have the same basic navigation tools as the cross-section page, as shown in Figure 3. However, the Back button on the zoom view pages directs you back to the cross-section page the zoom view is from.

Figure 3

The second navigational tool, Correlative Images, allows you to access correlative CT images as shown in Figure 4. These CT images open in a seperate window and are taken from the same level as the cross-sectional image you are viewing.

Figure 4

How To View a Structure

Structures available for viewing are listed in the column to the right of the image on the main cross-section, zoom view, and CT pages (Figures 2, 3, & 4). By rolling your mouse over a structure in the list, the cross-sectional image will change to show the selected structure as shown in Figure 5. Note that the zoom view pages contain schematic illustrations showing all structures in the cross-section.

Figure 5

In addition, on the cross-section and zoom view pages, if you click on a structure, a separate window will appear displaying information about that structure as shown in Figure 6. This window is closed by clicking the close button located below the table of information.

Figure 6

Search for a Structure

By clicking on any of the Search buttons you will be direct to the Search page, where images of individual structures can be searched and viewed. Searches can be performed on individual structures as they appear in the structure lists (Figure 7).

Figure 7

After selecting a structure from the list, the search results will appear displaying the first cross-section of the found images as shown in Figure 8. The search result page has the same basic navigation tools as the cross-section page. The Next and Previous buttons will allow you to view the other images found in your search. You can return to search another structure at any time by simply clicking on the Search button.

Figure 8

To the right of the cross-section image are the search topic, number of images found, the number of the image you are viewing, and a link to the cross-sectional page where the found image is located (Figure 8a).

Figure 8a