Position of the Heart in the Body by Darren Hopes.
From Wellcome Image Library.
The purpose of this guide is to help you easily locate photographs, charts, diagrams, videos and other medical images on the web.
Consider Copyright
Most image sources will include information about the copyright status. Many sources will allow you to reproduce images for teaching or other non-commercial uses. Always to remember to attribute the source of the image when incorprating it into your own presentations.
Affinity Library Image Resources
Images avaiable from Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine and the books in the Access Medicine / Lange Educational Library are searchable via the Advanced Search Page.
* Images may be used in teaching.
* Educational use refers to classroom teaching, lectures, presentations, rounds, and other instructional activities.
* Permission must be obtained for commercial use and the creation of derivative works.
Users may print or download images for their personal, non-commercial use provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices are kept intact.
To use images in a poster, publication, or for any other similar use, permission must be requested through the Elsevier Rights Dept.
The Advanced Search Page provides limits to images/videos included in our StatRef eBooks.
Medical Image Repositories on the Internet
Catalog of Clinical Images - University of California-San Diego
"Web-based collection of physical examination findings."
NIH Image Bank - from The National Institutes of Health
NIDDK Image Library - From the Diabetes Clearinghouse.
A good source for black and white graphics on medical themes. Images are in the Public Domain and free to use.
Public Health Image Library (PHIL) - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Wellcome Library Medical Photos
Includes over 40,000 contemporary and historical medical images from UK teaching hospitals and research institutes. Images on this site are freely available for download for personal, academic teaching or study use, under one of two Creative Commons licences. For further details please see our Terms of Use.
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Images, Photos, Multimedia Resources in Medicine - HLWiki Canada
Some sources listed are free, some part free, some for fee.
