Medical Illustration

The medical illustrations featured were created using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.  All images are copyright of Jennifer Kerbo or other clients.  If you are interested in using an illustration in a publication or presentation, please utilize the contact section of this website to find out more about licensing.

 

Nerve cuff locations of varying subjects
Nerve cuff locations of varying subjects

Copyright APT Center
Post-Surgery Hardware
Post-Surgery Hardware
SUDEP
SUDEP

Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy
Brachial Plexus
Brachial Plexus

Injury with large neuroma
Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury

copyright Video Discovery Inc
Le Fort II Fracture
Le Fort II Fracture

Ascending Aorta Dissection
Spinal Cord Compression
Spinal Cord Compression

copyright Video Discovery Inc
Anti-platelet medication
Anti-platelet medication

Created for use in court to explain medications like Plavix
Myelomalacia and Spinal Cord Infarction of the Thoracic Region
Myelomalacia and Spinal Cord Infarction of the Thoracic Region

Copyright Video Discovery Inc
Close up of Spinal Cord Infarction and Myelomalacia
Close up of Spinal Cord Infarction and Myelomalacia

Copyright Video Discovery Inc
ischemic penumbra
ischemic penumbra

ischemic penumbra
Ascending Aortic Dissection
Ascending Aortic Dissection

Ascending Aorta Dissection
Hardware Removal
Hardware Removal

copyright Video Discovery Inc
Bladder Tumor Removal
Bladder Tumor Removal

Editorial Illustration of a new surgical technique - Adobe Photoshop - 2012
Geriatrics Editorial
Geriatrics Editorial

Mock up cover - Adobe Photoshop - 2013
Sciatica
Sciatica

Editorial- full page illustration - Adobe Photoshop- 2012
Vertebral Injuries
Vertebral Injuries

Created during an internship with the Cleveland Clinic.  This image features injuries to vertebrae and was created for an anesthetisiologist.  Adobe Photoshop- 2011
Shunt Revision
Shunt Revision

Shunt Revision- Surgical Illustration from research and viewing at University Hospitals - Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator - 2014
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Congenital Uterine Anomalies
Congenital Uterine Anomalies

Created during an internship with the Cleveland Clinic.  This image features uterine anomalies and was published in a radiology atlas.  Adobe Photoshop- 2011
Petroclival tumors- Coronal View
Petroclival tumors- Coronal View

Created for a neurosurgeon at University Hospitals and published in JNS: Neurosurgical focus.  These images are a series of illustrations depicting a simplified visualization of petroclival tumor positions and the appropriate surgical approaches. 
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Standing System
Standing System
Bladder Sensor Insertion
Bladder Sensor Insertion
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3D models

The 3D models featured were created using Autodesk software- 3DS max, Maya or Mudbox.  The heart models were used for an interactive simulation and for 3D printing.  

lumbar vertebra
lumbar vertebra

Created with Maya
lumbar vertebra
lumbar vertebra

Created with Maya
Elbow model
Elbow model

Created with Maya
Heart- Volume Rendering
Heart- Volume Rendering

This image was created from sample CT data and modified in Autodesk Maya
Volume Rendering
Volume Rendering

This image was created from sample CT data and modified in Autodesk Maya.
Heart
Heart

3D model for use in Unity - Autodesk Maya - 2014
Heart for Print
Heart for Print

3D model for printing - Autodesk Maya - 2014
Heart for print
Heart for print

3D model for printing - Autodesk Maya - 2014
Heart for printing
Heart for printing

3D model for printing - Autodesk Maya - 2014
Lymphatic Fighters!
Lymphatic Fighters!

Illustration for middle school science class  - (detail) - 3D Studio Max
Lungs
Lungs

3D model created from a CT scan, texture painted with Mudbox and Photoshop
Broken Pelvis
Broken Pelvis

copyright Video Discovery Inc
Lateral View of Broken Pelvis
Lateral View of Broken Pelvis

copyright Video Discovery Inc

Scientific Illustration

These illustrations were created with a mix of traditional and digital techniques.

Conceptual drawing for walking aide
Conceptual drawing for walking aide
Concept for Remote Medicine
Concept for Remote Medicine

Uses for new technology to delivery healthcare using robotics
Lower Limb Sensory System
Lower Limb Sensory System

Nerve cuff placement for amputee sensory restoration
Experiment Set-up
Experiment Set-up

Upper limb sensory and motor restoration
Botanical Plate
Botanical Plate

Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator - 2011
Entomology Plate
Entomology Plate

Carbon Dust and White Color Aid Paper - 2010
Kirby's Mill and the Science Behind It
Kirby's Mill and the Science Behind It

This piece was a commission for a presentation on the educational value of Kirby's Mill.  The project called for a realistic rendering, a 3D example of how the mill creates electricity and a schematic of electron sharing in copper atoms.  2014
Trace Fossil
Trace Fossil

Pen and Ink Stippling - 2010
Material Illustration
Material Illustration

produced Physics Department at Case Western Reserve University
3D Studio Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator - 2013
Comparing structures of HIV and the Bacteriophage
Comparing structures of HIV and the Bacteriophage

Adobe Illustrator - 2011
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Interactives

The screen shots featured showcase Embryon, a web based application from first year medical students.  This program concentrates on the embryogenesis of head and neck structures from carnegie stage 12 to 23 as well as subsequent anomalies.  This interactive web application can be experienced at http://casemed.case.edu/embryon/

If you are interested in developing an application or serious game, please use the contact form on this website to request a quote or more information.

Full Body
Full Body

3D rotatable embryo - 2013
Eye
Eye

Eye development with hyaloid and ectoderm models - 2013
Gallery
Gallery

2D images and animations- 2013
Head and Neck
Head and Neck

3D Facial development animation - 2013
CNS
CNS

individual cranial nerves shown and sections of neural tube labeled (fullscreen view)- 2013
Full Embryo
Full Embryo

individual structures labeled (fullscreen view)- 2013

3D prints

The photographs featured show 3D printed models of a heart model made in Autodesk Maya.  These models were printed at the Cleveland Clinic in a flexible semi- transparent material.  Close up shots feature the atrioventricular valves and semilunar valves.

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