colour test pallete If the neighbouring colours on your left-hand side change very gradually and smoothly from one to another, your monitor is able to display appropriately the colours of images on this website.
    movie test object
    		 Click on the image. If the heart rate is about 70 beats per minute (intentionally reduced to help display the cardiac structures), your computer has sufficient power and space to run most of our movies appropriately.
  • Browser:
    • Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer (both version 3.0 or later). Older versions may not be able to display framed pages.
  • Monitor:
    • Resolution: 800 x 600 at least, 1024 x 768 preferably.
    • Colours: 16 bits (i.e., 65536 or high colours) at least, 24 bits (i.e., 16777216 or true colours) preferably.
  • Images & Movies
    • they are provided in AVI, (animated) GIF, or/and MPG formats, some with a smaller-sized or shorter-lengthed version.
    • their sizes are shown beside corresponding links; you may need sufficient memory to run them.
  • Fetal Heart
    • Some of volume-rendered 3D objects are shown in colours with natural surfaces (such as the cardiac internal and external surfaces) in YELLOW or PINK. Sections cut through by image 'surgery' are displayed in GREY SCALEs.