Digitised DiseasesJuly 24, 2012 About my museum job,
Archaeology, Blogs, Centre for Human Bioarchaeology, MOLA
Osteology Since the beginning of 2012 the Osteology Department
at MOLA has been involved in the Digitised Diseases project in
collaboration with the University of Bradford the Royal College
of Surgeons and funded by JISC. The ultimate aim of the project
is to produce a web resource featuring high resolution 3D images
of human bones with evidence of disease. Intended as a teaching
tool, the website will allow detailed inspection of pathological
lesions. Users will be able to move each image around in order
to view it from every angle. They will also be able to zoom in
to a high degree of magnification. We hope that the value of the
resource for medical students and professionals will be the
ability to observe the various effects of different diseases on
the bone and so understand how the pathological process affects
the skeletal system. It will expand on modern clinical
experience by demonstrating cha