Posted on 3/4/08 by The Team at Visible Body
Free, Web-Based Interactive Model Off ers Unparalleled Understanding of Human Body Through Elegant Representation of 1,700+ Anatomical Structures
NEWTON, MA — (Marketwire - March 4, 2008) — Argosy Publishing, an award-winning interactive, visual content developer, today launched The Visible BodyTM, the world’s first free, Web-based 3-D interactive model of the human body.
The Visible Body consists of highly detailed, anatomically accurate, 3-D models of all human body
systems, developed by a highly trained team with decades of experience in medical illustration and
biomedical visualization.
The Visible Body allows all users to visualize and quickly and easily explore relevant areas of the
human body, enabling them to explain how more than 1,700 anatomical structures—including major
organs and systems—work together.
The Visible Body was developed initially for educators, health and medical professionals, as a next-generation,
professional grade platform for demonstrating how the human body works.
The Visible Body will also be of interest to individuals with a deep curiosity or appreciation for the human anatomy and science.
Since an initial trial release period, more than 150,000 users worldwide have registered for The Visible Body.
The Visible Body website continues to experience high traffic volumes, including more than three million page views per month, with a significant number of
repeat visitors.
The Visible Body is currently a free site—Argosy Publishing plans to maintain this model by exploring business partnerships with a variety of organizations in
the health and medical fields.
The Visible Body’s medical visualization and search capabilities provide a platform for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and other healthcare
firms—through content appropriate advertisements—to market their services to health educators and their students, medical professionals and their patients
who are exploring the human anatomy and physiology.
The Visible Body is free and accessible to anyone with an Internet connection using Internet Explorer with Macromedia FlashTM and Anark ClientTM plug-ins.
The Visible Body is currently available in English—additional language support is expected later this year.
Andrew Bowditch, President and CEO of Argosy Publishing:
“The Visible Body breaks new ground in helping physicians and educators to fully articulate the delicate interrelationships of various anatomical structures. Based on feedback from physicians, professors and graduate students at some of the world’s most prestigious medical institutions and early adoption of the Visible Body, we expect it to become the Internet’s most popular destination for accurate, life-like representation of the human anatomy.”
“Our next steps are to expand The Visible Body by adding diff erent human models, medical pathology and therapy information, so that consumers can get a deeper understanding of their diseases and available treatments, working together with their doctors and physical therapists.”
Edward G. Buckley, MD, Professor Ophthalmology and Pediatrics and Interim Vice Dean for Medical Education, Duke University Medical School:
“It can be very hard to explain a specifi c injury or pathology to a patient or students using the illustrations and descriptions available in the medical text books. The unique 3-D approach used by the Visible Body gives physicians and educators the ability to visually demonstrate and explain how the body works to their patients or students in a way that is easily understandable.”
Vanessa Ruiz, Blogger at StreetAnatomy:
“Argosy Publishing has made a dream come true for students and teachers wanting an easy to use, high quality, 3D interactive anatomy atlas. With seamless zooming and rotation, the ability to add and delete systems, make systems transparent, and isolate specifi c structures—all wrapped in a clean and simple user interface, The Visible Body has the potential to become the most powerful anatomy tool on the Internet.”
About Argosy Publishing
Founded in 1990, Argosy Publishing is an award-winning interactive, visual content developer, with clients concentrated in healthcare—Pfi zer, Novartis, Eli Lilly, Abbott Labs—and educational publishing—Thomson, Pearson, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Miffl in, Reed Elsevier. Argosy’s books and electronic content educate and inform tens of millions of people on thousands of diff erent topics. For more information, visit www.ArgosyPublishing.com.
NOTE: VisibleBody.comTM is a trademark of Argosy Publishing. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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