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DD Medical Atlas

For healthcare professionals, students & trainees

Medical illustrations you can explore, annotate and share.

Personalise medical illustrations to explain disease, treatment and procedures, then share them with patients by print or email.

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Open silver laptop at a gentle angle showing the atlas heart illustration and annotation tools
Your visual workspace, ready to explore.Illustrative device preview · Heart and coronary anatomy

See the tools in action

Speak. Draw. Highlight.
Send your explanation.

Select a tool to see it in action.

Select a feature to see an illustrated demonstration

01 / Dictate

Say it. Review it. Place it.

Dictate your explanation, check the transcription and place it on the illustration.

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02 / Draw

Put your explanation on the picture.

Draw, add arrows and guide attention to the area you want to explain.

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Illustrative tablet scene: a hand uses a stylus to highlight the terminal ileum, with an arrow and the caption 30 cm TI crohns disease

Example annotation: 30 cm TI crohns disease

03 / Highlight

Make the important detail stand out.

Highlight important details while keeping the illustration visible beneath.

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04 / Send annotation

Give your explanation a life beyond the screen.

Email, print or download the personalised illustration for your patient.

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Illustrative demos using atlas artwork and AI-generated device scenes. Annotations are examples, not a measured 30 cm segment; controls do not record or send.

A shared picture of care

Explain it. Personalise it.
Let the patient take it away.

A shared picture, from the consultation to home.

  1. Visual catalogue example with Cardiology, Respiratory and Gastroenterology specialties, and heart, asthma and angioplasty illustrations.

    Choose & check

    Find the right illustration. Check its review status.

  2. Atlas coronary disease illustration with a pink circle, arrow and a short personal annotation.

    Explain & annotate

    Draw, highlight and add your explanation together.

  3. Illustrative scene: a healthcare professional shows a patient the annotated coronary disease illustration on a desktop monitor.

    Invite questions

    Show the picture. Ask what matters to your patient.

  4. Illustrative scene: a patient points at the annotated coronary disease illustration on a monitor while the healthcare professional listens.

    Check understanding

    Let the patient point, ask and explain it back.

  5. Illustrative scene: a patient and family member discuss the annotated coronary disease illustration on a tablet at home.

    Print or email

    Take the explanation home. Revisit it with family.

Atlas artwork with example annotations and interface previews. Consultation and home scenes are AI-generated illustrations of the workflow.

Check each illustration’s clinical-review status and suitability before use.

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Many specialties. One workspace.

Anatomy, disease and treatment across clinical specialties. Coverage varies by subject.

  • Cardiology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Respiratory
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Neurology
  • Surgery
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  • Aesthetic medicine
  • Anaesthesia
  • Apheresis
  • Biochemistry
  • Cardiology
  • Catheters
  • Critical Care
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Endocrinology and Diabetes
  • ENT — Otolaryngology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Geriatric medicine
  • Haematology
  • Histology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Microbiology
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Neurology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Nutrition
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Oncology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Paediatrics
  • Pharmacology
  • Podiatry
  • Radiology
  • Renal and urinary
  • Reproductive and breast health
  • Respiratory
  • Surgery
  • Transfusion Safety
  • Urology
  • Vascular Medicine
  • Weight Management and Obesity
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Informed by evidence

Pictures can support understanding.

A review of 54 randomised trials found improved understanding and recall with pictorial health information, although results varied. Schubbe et al., 2020

Evidence about visual health communication; DD Medical Atlas itself has not been clinically evaluated.

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About DD Medical Atlas

Medicine, made easier to explain.

DD Medical Atlas was founded by UK registered dietitian Graeme Syme. It brings medical illustrations and annotation tools together for clinical conversations and learning.

Meet the founder