Research, Evidence & Integrity
Division
Medical Illustration and Visualization Division
The Medical Illustration and Visualization Unit treats visual communication as a scientific capability. It produces and reviews anatomical illustration, publication figures, visual abstracts and educational diagrams, and keeps track of image licensing and attribution.
7publications
3books
0registered studies
28credited people
Overview and scope
Key subject areas
Anatomical illustration, scientific figures, visual abstracts and educational diagrams.
Anatomical illustration
Scientific figures
Visual abstracts
Educational diagrams
Data visualisation
Image licensing and attribution
Staff and contributors
All people in this division People
Verified Sterling IMRES staff will be listed here. Until then, these are the people credited on this division’s library works (not institute staff).
Fabio Crameri
Works (1)
Illustration
Illustration, Editorial
Michael Droettboom
Works (1)
Illustration, Research
Illustration, Evidence & Integrity
Active research
Research hub Registered studies
No active studies tracked
This division’s scope is mainly methodological or editorial, so no registered clinical studies are tracked yet.
Projects
All projects Institutional projects
In progressMedical illustration project
Open-licence visual library
A gallery of openly licensed anatomical, cellular and scientific illustrations with full creator and licence attribution, as the starting point for the institute’s own illustration portfolio.
Verified content
Publications and books
All publications Reference library
How best to share research with study participants? A randomised crossover trial comparing a comic, lay summary, and scientific abstract
Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine · DOI: 10.1080/17453054.2022.2056321
2022
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Views: A Triple Crossover Trial of Visual Abstracts to Examine Their Impact on Research DisseminationOPEN ACCESS
Journal of Medical Internet Research · DOI: 10.2196/22327
2020
The misuse of colour in science communicationOPEN ACCESS
Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19160-7
2020
Visual Abstracts to Disseminate Research on Social Media
Annals of Surgery · DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002277
2017
Beyond Bar and Line Graphs: Time for a New Data Presentation ParadigmOPEN ACCESS
PLOS Biology · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002128
2015
Ten Simple Rules for Better FiguresOPEN ACCESS
PLoS Computational Biology · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003833
2014
Points of view: Color blindness
Nature Methods · DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1618
2011
Books
Visual resources
Gallery Illustrations
Anatomy
Heart and lungs, front view (Gray's Anatomy, plate 490)
Henry Vandyke Carter (Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, 1918)Public domain
Educational activities
Education Planned teaching
Focus areas: Designing scientific figures, Visual abstracts, Licensing and attribution.
Upcomingcourse
Medical illustration and scientific figures
Principles of clear scientific figures, anatomical accuracy and correct licensing and attribution of images.
- Design a clear, accurate figure
- Choose and attribute openly licensed images
- Review figures for scientific accuracy
Not yet enrolling · no accredited award
Upcomingworkshop
Visual abstract workshop
Turning a study’s key question, method and result into an accurate single-panel visual summary.
- Identify the one finding to show
- Lay out a visual abstract
- Check it against the paper for accuracy
Not yet enrolling · no accredited award
Related resources
textbookFree
Anatomy and Physiology 2e
An openly licensed (CC BY 4.0) two-semester textbook of human anatomy and physiology, organised by body system. It is free to read online or as a PDF, and its figures can be reused with attribution.
Online and PDF
databaseFree
Servier Medical Art (SMART)
A free library of more than 3,000 medical illustrations covering anatomy, physiology, pathology and treatment. The images are licensed CC BY 4.0, so they can be adapted for slides, posters, theses and articles with attribution.
Image library
handbookFree
The Oral Health Atlas: The Challenge of Oral Disease – A call for global action (2nd edition)
FDI's 2015 atlas on the global burden of oral disease, covering caries, periodontal disease, oral cancer, risk factors, inequalities and prevention. It can be downloaded free in English, French and Spanish, and a free MOOC based on it is also available.
PDF
Collaborate with the Illustration division
Opportunities: Publication figures and visual abstracts; Illustrated atlases and learning books; Educational diagram series.