100 years of biomedical visualization
Composite image created by Leah Lebowicz ’12 MS BVIS comprised of artwork by Tom Jones, Alfred Teoli, Craig Gosling ’65 BS BVIS, Jane Hurd ’68 BS BVIS, Scott Barrows ’76 BS BVIS, Kelly Cloninger ’18 MS BVIS, Elizabeth Moss ’18 MS BVIS, Angela Gao ’18 MS BVIS, Samantha Bond ’16 MS BVIS and Logan Weihe ’19 MS BVIS.
In 1921, they used pen and paper to produce beautifully detailed illustrations of human anatomy to educate physicians.
Over the next 100 years, the artists of UIC’s Program in Biomedical Visualization added new tools to expand their profession. Now they create animation, virtual reality, interactive learning, three-dimensional renderings, video, educational games and more, illustrating the body down to the molecular level. Their audience includes not only health care professionals but school children, patients, courtrooms, the general public and, indeed, the world.
“What if all the biomedical images went away?” asked director John Daugherty.