Medical illustrator to lecture on prenatal imagery

Computer animation is among the recent advances in medical illustration that help researchers, clinicians, faculty and students in a variety of endeavors.

This animation of a human embryo is the work of Bradley Smith, director of the School of Art & Design’s graduate program in biomedical visualization.

Smith focuses his research on “the visualization of multidimensional information and the design of methods to interpret growth and development.” His work includes the use of magnetic resonance microscopy to study three-dimensional image reconstruction and the creation of animated sequences to depict developmental processes.

He will lecture at 5 p.m. October 23 at the Michigan Theater on his work as it explores the relationship of scientific and artistic prenatal imagery to social and political values afforded to the embryo and fetus. The lecture is free. (Animation copyrighted 2002, Bradley Smith.)

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