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

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.
• 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.
• ScienceDirect (Campus Key required for off-campus access)
  Use the Image Search option to locate biomedical and scientific images, tables, and figures in any of the ScienceDirect journals.

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 on the Web (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
  A portal to medical images, produced by the McGoogan Library of Medicine
• TRIP Database
  This open access, evidence-based medicine database offers a limit to "Medical Images."
• U.S. Goverment Photos and Images
  Categories of images freely available from government agencies include Health & Nutrition.
• 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.

Commercial Resources

• Can Stock Photo
  Broad collection searchable by keyword, with photos, illustrations and video.
• Foto Search
  Includes photos, illustrations, videos, clip art and music. Much of the 5 million image collection is popular, but you can search for medical topics with substantial results.