Images of Specimens

Currently, a limited number of photographs, CT scans and X-rays exist of specimens from the SRA and CA collections. Pending funding, the IDHCS will increase the sample of digital photographs and CT scans and make them available for research and teaching, over the next few years.

Archival Image Access
Rights and Reproduction Policies
The IDHCS retains all reproduction rights for its photographs, CT scans, and X-rays. Requests for permission to publish, electronically transmit, or publicly display in exhibits images supplied by the IDHCS from its archives must be submitted on the Reproduction Use Permissions Request Form. In addition, the User must provide a written document explaining the context in which images will be used. Permission is granted for one-time use only. The IDHCS must receive one copy of any publication, brochure or other materials containing these archival images at no charge.

Reproduction Use and Duplication Services Fees
To help defray the administrative costs of duplication services, a use fee will be charged in addition to the materials costs associated with producing duplicate copies. As determined by the IDHCS, reproduction use fees may be waived for non-profit or scholarly use by individuals. An additional letter, detailing the use of the requested archival image(s), as well as proof of non-profit status, may be required.

Reproduction Use Fees – Per Image
Commercial use is subject to approval by the IDHCS. Listed below are minimum fees. Fees are for a one-time use.

Editorial Use
Scholarly – individuals: Publications, dissertations            $0
Scholarly – press related: Print or electronic media (editorial, periodical or newspaper), television program, film, website            $35
Non-Profit Business            $35
Government Agencies            $35
Commercial – individual/business: Print or electronic media, television program, film, website $85
Exhibition Use
For-Profit – individual/business $130
Non-Profit – business/institution $35
Internet, Website Use
Individual/business/agency/institution      To be negotiated

Duplication Services Fees – Per Image Series
Pending funding, digital CT scan image series and digital photographs of a portion of the SRA and CA collections will become available for research and teaching purposes.

Currently, the IDHCS does not provide services for on-line purchase and distribution of digital images. Therefore, when available, digital images will be provided on disks and mailed to the user. The digital series described below will be available at a cost of $5 per disk. (Charges cover materials and mailing costs.) California residents add sales tax. Add $8 per disk for orders to be shipped outside of the U.S.

CT Scan Image Series/single specimen, 0.10mm resolution, DICOM format

Digital Photograph Image Series (skull in 8 different views)/single specimen (one disk)

Skull Digital Image Sets for Teaching
See below under “Teaching and Images” for descriptions and pricing

Image Production
Scholarly Research and Images
Specimens from the SRA and CA collections are available, on a selective basis, for photographing, CT scanning, X-raying or videotaping, in relation to research study of the collection. A reprint of each relevant publication or an abstract of each presentation resulting from the study must be sent to the IDHCS for the museum archives. In addition, if the SRA or CA specimen images are used in a Master’s or Ph.D. dissertation, a copy of the dissertation must be sent, upon completion, to the Curator, Ward Museum, IDHCS, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, 2155 Webster Street, San Francisco, CA 94115. Image production is permitted with the following requirements and restrictions:

1) Photographs, CT scans, X-rays or videotapes are to be used only for the purposes of illustrating academic publications or presentations.
2) Digital reproductions of images in electronic publications must have a final resolution no greater than 72 dpi.
3) Photographs, CT scans, X-rays or videotapes may not be reproduced for distribution (or otherwise distributed) to others or used for commercial purposes (see Commercial/Business Use below) without specific written permission of the IDHCS.
4) Digital copies of photographs and X-rays, DICOM copies of CT scans, and tape or DVD copies of videotapes must be sent to the IDHCS for the museum archives within two months of when they were taken.
5) Any academic publication or presentation that uses these photographs, CT scans, X-rays or videotapes must credit the Spencer R. Atkinson Library of Applied Anatomy, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.

Image Use Form
On the day of the visit, the researcher taking images of specimens from the SRA and CA collections will sign the Image Use Form that contains the following information: Researcher’s name, phone number, affiliation or professional address, email address, a brief description of conditions governing image use, and a list of specimens photographed, CT scanned, X-rayed or videotaped. The Image Use Form serves as a means of efficient recordkeeping for the IDHCS.

Teaching and Images
Three teaching sets illustrating craniofacial trauma, congenital craniofacial and related disorders, and dental anomalies and pathological conditions of the jaw found in specimens from the SRA and CA collections are available for purchase as digital images from the IDHCS. These images may not be reproduced or used for research, exhibit or commercial production without specific written permission of the IDHCS. Duplication services costs are built in to the fee schedule given below. Image descriptions and fees are as follows:

Teaching Image Sets

Set I: Craniofacial Trauma
This set of 22 digital images illustrates the effects of trauma on bony morphology, providing examples of healed, unreduced craniofacial trauma at the following fracture sites: nasal, zygomatic, maxillary, pterygoid, occipital, mandibular condyle, cranial vault (depressed and comparison to geriatric vault thinning, and sharp object trauma). Examples of secondary infection are shown. This image set is accompanied by descriptive information on each specimen.

Set II: Congenital Craniofacial and Related Disorders
This set of 60 digital images is ideal for discussing concepts of craniofacial growth and development and the morphology of particular syndromes. Featured are examples of untreated cases of microcephaly, hydrocephaly, bicoronal, lambdoidal and sagittal synostoses, hemifacial microsomia, microphthalmia, and complete and partial cleft palate, among others. Most cases are presented in more than one standard view. Radiographs of a subset of cases are also included. This image set is accompanied by descriptive information on individual specimens and their conditions.

Set III: Dental Anomalies and Pathological Conditions of the Jaws
Designed to illustrate both congenital and pathological conditions of the teeth, occlusion and jaws, this set of 51 digital images is excellent for instruction in dental anthropology and anatomy laboratories. Subjects include the appearance of teeth in cleft palate individuals, malocclusion and dental crowding (underbite, overbite, edge to edge and other absolutely incredible forms), disturbance in tooth formation (number, crown form, root morphology, enamel hypoplasia), disturbance in tooth position (ectopic eruption, transposition, impaction, retention of deciduous dentition) and disease (periapical abscess, excessive tartar accumulation and degenerative joint changes). This image set is accompanied by descriptive information discussing each slide.

Teaching Image Sets: Pricing
Currently, the IDHCS does not provide services for on-line purchase and distribution of digital images. Therefore, digital images will be provided on disks and mailed to the user. Purchase prices given below cover staff time and materials costs. For purchases within the US, the prices given below include postage. California residents add sales tax. Add $8 per disk for orders to be shipped outside of the U.S.

Purchase of one or more image sets is possible, as follows:

Set I 22 digital images            $77
Set II 60 digital images            $210
Set III 51 digital images            $180
Sets I, II and III 133 digital images            $300

Exhibits and Images
Photographs, CT scans, X-rays and videotapes of specimens from the SRA and CA collections may not be used in an exhibit without the specific written permission of the IDHCS. Use of images for promotional materials (i.e., posters, postcards, booklets, photographs, etc.) related to an exhibit, or items bearing those images (i.e., gift shop mugs, key chains, etc.), also requires explicit written permission from the IDHCS.

Commercial/Business Use and Images
The IDHCS has developed explicit policy and fees relating to the borrowing of specimens from the SRA and CA collections for the purpose of producing images for commercial or business use. Fees are for one-time, non-exclusive use, world rights, in one language only. With respect to electronic media, “one-time use” means that once an electronic product has been published, distributed or exhibited, you may not subsequently reformat, redesign, or otherwise alter the disk or screens on which the image appears, nor re-use the image in other products, nor allow others to use it. Digital reproductions used for advertising or product sample purposes must have a final resolution no greater than 72 dpi. Similar restrictions and fees apply to the on-site capturing of images (photographs, CT scans, X-rays or videotaping) or the use of Available Image Reproductions (see below) for commercial or business purposes. Copyright of all images taken by the commercial/business use entity or provided by the IDHCS to that entity is held by the University of the Pacific. Image production for commercial/business use is permitted with the following requirements and restrictions:

  1. Image reproduction rights or rights for commercial products using the images are subject to approval by the University of the Pacific and a formal licensing agreement may be required (Licensing Contractual Agreement).
  2. If a licensing agreement is required, the following restrictions and fees will apply:
    1. An imaging license will be issued on a one-time-use basis per product developed from the image(s);
    2. A one-time-use fee of $500 will be charged for each new over-the-counter distributed or each new Web distributed product containing the images;
    3. A digital image copy or product sample developed from images will be sent to the IDHCS no more than two weeks after the image or product has been produced;
    4. The IDHCS will retain the right to distribute copies of all images at the Institute’s discretion;
    5. The University of the Pacific will receive a negotiated percentage of the sales of any single image or product developed from images of specimens from the SRA and CA collections;
    6. Free copies of images or samples of products may be distributed only if the equivalent negotiated percentage of sales is forwarded to the University of the Pacific;
    7. The commercial/business use entity will not acquire images from the SRA and CA collections for the purpose of serving as a repository for the distribution of those images, and all distribution rights will be retained by the IDHCS;
    8. Negotiations regarding requests for images from for-profit third parties will require additional licensing through the University of the Pacific.
  3. Use of the images shall not be to show or imply University of the Pacific endorsement of any commercial product or enterprise, or indicate that the University concurs with the opinions expressed in, or confirms the accuracy of any text used with, these images.