<s>
VOXEL-MAN	B-Application
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
programs	O
for	O
creation	O
and	O
visualization	O
of	O
three-dimensional	O
digital	B-General_Concept
models	O
of	O
the	O
human	O
body	O
derived	O
from	O
cross-sectional	O
images	O
of	O
computer	O
tomography	O
,	O
magnetic	O
resonance	O
tomography	O
or	O
photography	O
(	O
e	O
.	O
g	O
.	O
the	O
Visible	O
Human	O
Project	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
include	O
diagnostic	O
imaging	O
,	O
digital	B-General_Concept
anatomical	O
atlases	O
and	O
surgery	B-General_Concept
simulators	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Voxel-Man	B-Application
is	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
term	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
,	O
the	O
elementary	O
cuboid	O
component	O
of	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
representation	O
of	O
a	O
three-dimensional	O
object	O
(	O
a	O
"	O
three	O
dimensional	O
pixel	B-Algorithm
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Occasionally	O
the	O
name	O
Voxel-Man	B-Application
is	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
general	O
term	O
for	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
representation	O
of	O
the	O
human	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
