Volume 20: a major landmark

Volume 20

The source of equine-virulent strains of Venezuelan equine encephalitis (WE) virus that sporadically cause epidemics and equine epizootics is unknown. This is the most important unanswered scientific and public health question relating to VEE virus. One possibility is that epizootic virions exist at low levels in populations of enzootic strains. These virions could then break out into a visible...

Volume 20, Number 4

Volume Morphing Methods for Landmark Based 3d Image Deformation

Volume morphing is a technique used for generating smooth 3D image transformations and deformations. In this paper, several algorithms are developed for morphing transformations that create new forms and simulate shape deformation and growth in biomedical applications. 3D biological point landmarks and their movements are deened to guide the morphing transformation using a scattered data interp...

The subzygomatic fossa: a practical landmark in identifying the zygomaticus major muscle.

OBJECTIVE To test the validity of the subzygomatic fossa as a possible landmark in identifying the origin of the zygomaticus major muscle (ZMM). METHODS Twenty-three fresh cadaver facial halves were dissected. Four references points were identified in each cadaver head: the zygomatic arch, the malar eminence, the modiolus, and the ZMM insertion notch. The ZMM insertion notch is a palpable lan...

Student and Resident Perspective: Family Medicine Is a Major Landmark on the Health Care Landscape.

Family medicine is changing in ways that will be critical and fundamental to the health care landscape of the United States. In this issue’s articles, six terrains of a shifting landscape are charted and visualized by some of the premier thought leaders in our field as part of the Family Medicine for America’s Health (FMAHealth) campaign.1-6 By studying these six papers, medical students and re...