The method was previously used on human organs as
an anatomy study aid for medical students, and has since been adopted to digitally archive artifacts such as ancient pottery and prehistoric skulls so that students and researchers can interact with otherwise rarely handled specimens from museum collections.
The
study of microscopic
anatomy (or histology) can be
aided by practical experience examining histological preparations (or slides) under a microscope; and in addition, medical students generally also learn gross
anatomy with practical experience of dissection and inspection of cadavers (dead human bodies).