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Applications of the Colorado Visible Human Project in gastroenterology
1SMDC Health System, Duluth, MN, USA. jdeutsch@smdc.org
Abstract:
Several applications of the University of Colorado Visible Human project have recently been developed in clinical gastroenterology, including a textbook of endoscopic ultrasound anatomy, an internet-based journal, articles on internet web-sites, and simulators. Details surrounding some of these projects are described.
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