| Evolution of VHJOE
Continues
With this sixth issue of VHJOE, we are announcing
more changes to the journal. We are continuing to evolve as
we seek to improve VHJOE and make better use of the expanding
capabilities of the internet.
First, icons placed next to article titles inform the reader
of features included in that article. The icons indicate if
the article contains images from the Visible Human Interactive
Atlas, video clips, and/or audio clips.
We are also trying to make the features more intuitive. For
example, in the past, any image in the journal could be enlarged
by clicking on it. This may not have been evident. Starting
with this issue, we are making the targets and features easier
to find and utilize.
In addition, we now accept and publish audio clips. An example
of an audio clip is included with this editorial (Audio Clip
1) and another one can be heard with the featured movie column.
We encourage prospective authors to submit audio and video
clips, along with other appropriate images.
Finally, the editorial board has also decided to expand the
field of content for the journal. VHJOE wants to publish image
driven articles, and we felt that there are many times an
very visual article of interest exists in which EUS played
no part. Furthermore, there are expert reviews, which are
very noteworthy and visually instructive beyond the field
of EUS. We have therefore changed the name of the journal
from the Visible Human Journal of Endosonography to the Visible
Human Journal of Endoscopy. Our expert reviews this year will
include the following topics: capsule endoscopy, CT-colography,
endoscopic ampullectomy, and mother-daughter biliary endoscopy.
We hope this broadening focus is beneficial to our readers.
This month our expert review is by Dr. Ginsburg and Dr. Ahmad
on the utility of EUS in rectal cancer. This is a valuable
resource both for physicians who perform EUS and also for
gastroenterologists at large, to emphasize the valuable role
EUS plays in the management of patients with this condition.
Figure 1 shows an image from the Visible Human Female data
set that correlates to some of the EUS images in this review.
The image has a small "3" over the vagina and a
"2" at the base of the bladder.
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