Just because an image or video is available online, does not mean that you may copy or utilize the image without permission. Images may be reproduced for educational purposes, but double-check the copyright or terms of use statement from the author. Even when images are freely available for re-use, proper attribution conventions still apply. Please cite your resources appropriately in your research and presentations.
- ASH (American Society of Hematology) Image Bank"ASH Image Bank is an extensive online library of screen-sized blood disease images and cases for educational use" Nonmembers will need to create an account. Currently, the ASH Image Bank is available to nonmembers at no cost. To create an account, click here.
- Chest x-rays108,948 frontal-view X-ray images of 32,717 unique patients, including many with advanced lung disease. Images from the The NIH Clinical Center.
- CT images"The National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center has made a large-scale dataset of CT images publicly available to help the scientific community improve detection accuracy of lesions. While most publicly available medical image datasets have less than a thousand lesions, this dataset, named DeepLesion, has over 32,000 annotated lesions identified on CT images." Read more about the Dataset in the news release
- Figure 1 (app)"Figure 1 is intended for healthcare professionals to share and discuss the cases they encounter in their practice." The app consists of clinical images and photos of real patients.
- FREEIMAGES"You will need to create a personal account, but downloading the images is free as long as you stick to the rules in the Image license Agreement. In some cases you may need to notify the artists about using the images and you should give credit to artist for use of their work.
- ID Images (eMicrobes: A Digital Library for Learning Infectious Diseases) The goal of this site is to present images of interesting and instructive Infectious Disease cases to healthcare trainees and professionals for educational purposes. The site is a result of a collaboration among the Infectious Diseases Divisions of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard. Cases and images within ID images are described using terms from the NLM's Medical Subject Headings. You will need to register for a free account to use the site. Please see the Permissions and Copyright section to learn how to ethically use material from this resource.
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) (IHM) provides online access to over 70,000 digitized images of the approximate 100,000 items from the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Prints and Photographs collection. IHM includes image files of a wide variety of visual media including fine art, photographs, engravings, and posters that illustrate the social and historical aspects of medicine dating from the 15th to 21st century.
- Laboratory Identification of Parasitic Diseases of Public Health Concern "Welcome to DPDx, a Web site developed and maintained by CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (DPDM). DPDx uses the Internet to strengthen diagnosis of parasitic diseases, both in the United States and abroad. This interactive and rapid exchange of information, allied with already available diagnostic reference resources, will enhance our capacity to address the global problem of parasitic diseases."
- MedPix®A free online Medical Image Database with over 53,000 indexed and curated images, from over 13,000 patients. Created by The National Library of Medicine.The content material is organized by disease location (organ system), pathology category, patient profiles, and by image classification and caption.
- National Cancer Institute: Visuals Online"The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Visuals Online provides a range of photographs and illustrations that may help communicators of medical and public health convey meaning, describe concepts, and tell stories. The collection spans everything from biomedical, science, and patient-care related illustrations and images to portraits of present and past directors and the staff of the National Cancer Institute. Visuals Online currently provides public access to 3,557 images."
- NIH Photo Galleries"The NIH Image Bank contains images from the collections of the 27 Institutes and Centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health. Contents include general biomedical and science-related images, clinicians, computers, patient care-related images, microscopy images, and various exterior images." See the NIH Copyright Notification page to learn about ethical use of these images.
- Open-I (Open Access Biomedical Images)Access images in the National Library of Medicine's PMC (formerly PubMed Central) – an open archive of free full-text biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
- Pathology Education Informational Resource (PEIR) Digital Library,Radiology, Pathology, and other teaching images ; a multidisciplinary public access image database for use in medical education.
- Physiopedia"Physiopedia is a UK based charity that brings value to the global Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy profession with it’s free and open knowledge resource. This community edited Wikipedia style resource is now the largest Physiotherapy website in the world."
- Pixabay Pixabay hosts "copyright free images and videos. All contents are released under the Pixabay License, which makes them safe to use without asking for permission or giving credit to the artist - even for commercial purposes."
- Public Health Image Library (PHIL)Most of the images in the collection are in the public domain and are thus free of any copyright restrictions. If you look directly beneath the image you will see a fair use statement that tells you if the image is public domain or copyright protected. Permission is not required for public domain images, but we do ask that you credit the original institution and contributor, when known, whenever the image is used in any publicly distributed media. If the image is copyright protected, you will have to contact the content provider to obtain usage permission. PHIL does not have the authority to grant usage for any copyrighted images in the library.
- Radiopaedia.org"Radiopaedia.org is a rapidly growing open-edit radiology resource primarily complied by radiologists and radiology residents/registrars and fellows from across the globe. The site aims to create the best radiology reference available, and to make it available for free, forever and for all."
- UnsplashUnsplash provides free images with no copyright restrictions. Images can be freely downloaded and used for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
Databases with Images
These databases and resources offer images and are available for your use through the library's subscriptions.
- AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window Learn about mobile access.| Access to more than 75 medical titles, algorithms, diagnostic tools, clinical calculators, thousands of images, videos, and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, and drug information.
- AccessOBGYN This link opens in a new window AccessObGyn can help students excel in their clerkship; assist residents in strengthening their skills with instant access to sonography videos and cases, a growing list of Williams animations, and our expanding library of landmark obstetrics and gynecology references from McGraw-Hill Medical that will establish a solid base for learning; and allow practicing obstetricians and gynecologists to reinforce their medical knowledge for recertification.
- AccessPhysiotherapy This link opens in a new window AccessPhysiotherapy is a comprehensive online education resource featuring continually updated content, multimedia, and review questions, including physical therapy textbooks, procedure and exercise videos, image galleries, self-assessment tools, and a unique cadaver dissection tool optimized for viewing on any device.
- Anatomy.TV This link opens in a new window
Learn about mobile access | Detailed 3D models of Human Anatomy. Models can be rotated and layers of anatomy added or removed. Includes dissection slides, MRI, and CT scans. - Clinical Human Embryology This link opens in a new window Animations and figures enhance the comprehension of the complex and dynamic events that occur during human development. The straightforward, succinct text describes developmental concepts and principals essential to understanding the anatomical intricacies of the human body.
- Gale PowerSearch This link opens in a new window Discover a collection of authoritative periodicals, scholarly journals, newspapers, and reference content.
- NEJM Resident 360 This link opens in a new window Videos and point of care content to help you on your rotations. In addition to using the links provided by the library, you will also need to create a personal account with NEJM. Step 1: Access NEJM through the library. Step 2: Create a personal account. This account is not associated with DMU, so pick any account creation method that works for you.
- Netter Reference This link opens in a new window
- OMMBID (The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Diseases) This link opens in a new windowBased on Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, OMMBID provides comprehensive coverage of the genes and genetic mechanisms underlying human disease states; includes the metabolic and molecular underpinnings, causation, pathophysiology, and treatment. This resource is an online version of the MMBID textbook, as well as multimedia resources associated with the textbook.
- Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window Opposing Viewpoints provides contextual information and opinions on social issues; Features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
- Radiologic Anatomy This link opens in a new windowThe fundamentals of normal anatomy as seen on plain film, CT, MRI, angiography. Hundreds of abnormal films and gross anatomical images supplement normal radiographs. Plus a separate quiz feature!
- Visible Body Courseware This link opens in a new windowVisible Body has over 24,000 items in its visual database. These include: 3D models of anatomical structures and systems, physiology animations, pathology visualizations, illustrations, cadaver images paired with CTI or MRI scans, pre-made flashcard decks, definitions, pronunciations, learning presentations that use this visual content, and more.
- VisualDX This link opens in a new window Learn about mobile access | Searchable by symptoms, signs, and patient factors, VisualDx includes more than 3,000 diagnoses and over 41,000 images, providing a customized, graphical differential diagnosis of an infectious, immunologic, metabolic, nutritional, psychiatric, or genetic disease.
- 5 Minute Consult This link opens in a new windowFast, evidence-based answers to your clinical questions at the point of care.
