Computergraphics: a scientific tool and an aid to the medical illustrator.

This article discusses some of the many ways that computergraphics technology is used in the medical and scientific communities to accurately quantify, record, and image natural structures and phenomena. What becomes obvious from the information presented is that computer-generated graphics have become routine for the constituency that the biocommunicator serves. To ignore the significance of these developments would be to put one's head in the sand.