[Use of the personal computer for the study of biological images]

In order to study anatomical structures, a computerized system was developed to build planar and tree-dimensional models. The hardware utilizes an external synchronizing telecamera to magnify the image on a personal computer monitor screen, which is utilized as a cartesian plain, to extract the x-y co-ordinates of some reference points from the image. The computer stores and utilizes them to evaluate geometrical parameters (area and volume) and to build planar or tree-dimensional models.