Abstract Web-based slicing services for extracting slices from
the Visible Human dataset have existed since 1995, but they authorize only to extract slices
perpendicular to the main axes. Since June 1998, EPFL’s Visible Human Slice Server (http://visiblehuman.epfl.ch) has allowed
extraction of
arbitrarily oriented and positioned slices. More than 300,000 slices are extracted per year. An
additional surface extracting service allows one to define, flatten and extract curved
surfaces.
Recently, a new service has been added for extracting slice
animations along a user-defined trajectory in order to give a 3D view of anatomic structures. This
service is useful both for research and teaching purposes (http://visiblehuman.epfl.ch/animation/).
