Research Guides: Medical Images & Multimedia: Web Resources

Web Resources

Using Images from the Internet:

The Internet is an excellent source of health-related images and many images are freely available for the purposes of teaching, studying, presenting and other educational activities. The use of images, even for educational purposes, is governed by the stated terms of use of each website and subject to U.S. Copyright Law.

Permission may need to be obtained to use images in teaching and presenting, and utilizing images for the purpose of publication commonly necessitates permission from the publisher or copyright holder.

Alan E. Lindsay ECG Learning Center
The ECG Learning Center is a complete online ECG tutorial with ECG images, explanations and tests as well as a description of American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association minimal ECG clinical competencies.
Anatomia 1522-1867
The University of Toronto has digitized over 4,500 anatomical illustrations from the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries.
ASH Image Bank
The American Society of Hematology maintains this comprehensive collection of over 2,100 hematology-related images. New images are added each month.
DermAtlas
DermAtlas contains over 12,000 dermatology-related images, advanced searching capabilities, practice quizzes and a differential diagnosis tool.
DPDx - Parasites A-Z
Developed by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Center for Global Health, the Parasite Image Library documents parasites of public health concern.
Embryo Images
This site, developed Drs. Kathleen K. Sulik and Peter R. Bream Jr., utilizes scanning electron micrographs (SEM’s) as the primary vehicle for teaching mammalian embryology.
Encyclopedia of Life
Sponsored by Harvard, the Smithsonian and the Biodiversity Heritage Library, among others, the EOL features photos, videos, maps and encyclopedia entries of plants, animals and microorganisms from around the world.
Health Education Assets Library (HEAL)
The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 free available digital materials for health sciences education.
Human Brain Atlas
Created and maintained by the Michigan State University Brain Biodiversity Bank, the Human Brain Atlas contains an extensive collection of MRI and slide images of the human brain as well as those of various animals.
Multi-Dimensional Human Embryo
The Multi-Dimensional Human Embryo project chronicles the growth of the human embryo through the Carnegie stages of embryonic development via MRI images, animations and photos.
National Eye Institute
The National Eye Institute website includes a searchable image gallery of ophthalmology-related images.
NCI Visuals Online
The National Cancer Institute Visuals Online includes over 2,500 biomedical images, many cancer-related.
NIH Image Bank
The NIH Image Bank contains images from the collections of 27 institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health.
Open-i
Open-i is an open access biomedical images search engine from the National Library of Medicine.
PathoPic Pathology Image Database
This database of pathology images can be searched by topography, keyword, image type or diagnosis.
Pexels
Pexels is a source for free stock photos, including those related to health and medicine.
Pixabay
Pixabay is a source for various images, including those related to health and medicine.
Public Health Image Library
A Working Group at the CDC compiled this gallery of public health-related images arranged hierarchically by people, places and science.
The Smithsonian & Open Access Image Database
This database is a source for downloading, sharing, and reusing millions of the Smithsonian’s images, including those related to research, health, and medicine.
Unsplash
Unsplash is a source for free stock photos, including those related to health and medicine.
WebPath Internet Pathology Laboratory
The Internet Pathology Laboratory includes over 2,700 images of gross and microscopic pathology findings as well as tutorials and practice exams on the subject.