Interlude: Medical Visual
June 16th, 2007 by Vanessa Ruiz
This is an illustration of a glomerulus, the main filter of the nephron in the kidney.
Created by Jim Stanis using Photoshop. Jim is a recent graduate of UIC’s Biomedical Visualization program and an excellent medical illustrator. This is a 2007 AMI Salon entry.
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Nice, although I have no idea what it is initially (and subsequently)!
lol..it looked like a weird worm thingy at first but then i recognized the afferent & efferent vessels..
Dear Jim,
I wanna thank you for your magnificient and incredible illusteration.
I am an anatomy teacher and is reseaching on stem cells in UCLA.
Please, accept my best regards and gratitudes for this work.
I am an illustrophilic person and should be understood perfectly before teaching to others.
It would be great if we could talk about the common subjects.
Matthew Hedayatian.MD.
Dr. Hedayatian,
Sorry I haven’t responded sooner, I just saw your comment today. if you would like to talk about this piece or anything else related please feel free to write me at: jss_art@yahoo.com
thanks for your interest!
Jim, BEAUTIFUL illustration of the glomerulus. Congratulations!
In addition to its educative value, it’s simply beautiful art!
David Purnell, M.A., CMI
NEW YORK WEST Medical Illustration Studio
P.O. Box 260
Lonsdale, MN 55046
skyotter@aol.com
By far the best illustration of the glomerulus I’ve ever seen. Reconized it right away. Wish I had a copy of it way back when while I was tutoring anatomy.
Steve Jarman
Clinical Research Coordinator
Washington University School of Medicine.