Open Image Collections & Image Use Guide

Over 500 images from the Plates from the public domain (1918) textbook Gray's Anatomy.
Image Use: Public Domain, no restrictions on use

The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) is a collection of over 22,000 freely available digital materials for health sciences education. The collection is now housed at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Digital Library.
Image Use: See "Rights" section on each image for CC license info and terms of use

the Images from the History of Medicine collection, including fine art, photographs, engravings, and posters that illustrate the social and historical aspects of medicine dating from the 15th to 21st century. Our unique digital collections are freely available for download worldwide and in the public domain unless otherwise indicated.
Image Use: NCI Visuals Online Web site is labeled either "Public Domain" (free to use) or "Copyright Protected" (restricted, obtain permission before use).

Lane Medical Library’s Bio-Image Search enables the discovery of biomedical images you can use i.e., images with Public Domain & Creative Commons licenses from many image sources
Image Use: View the "Rights Statement" on individual images for terms of use.

Over 2,000 photos, diagrams, and drawings that can be used to help communicate meaning describe concepts, and tell stories of biomedical, science, and patient-care topics.
Image Use: NCI Visuals Online Web site is labeled either "Public Domain" (free to use) or "Copyright Protected" (restricted, obtain permission before use).

An online searchable database of photos and illustrations. There is an advanced search feature with drop-down menus for graphic type and keywords used to describe images.
Image Use: NCI Visuals Online Web site is labelled either "Public Domain" (free to use) or "Copyright Protected" (restricted, obtain permission before use).

NIBIB's multimedia collection contains a video, audio and image library. The video collection is larger than the audio and photo collections.
Image Use: NCI Visuals Online Web site is labeled either "Public Domain" (free to use) or "Copyright Protected" (restricted, obtain permission before use).

The NIDCR image gallery consists of images in three categories: Science, Oral Health, and NICDR Staff. It contains both photographs and illustrations.
Image Use: NCI Visuals Online Web site is labeled either "Public Domain" (free to use) or "Copyright Protected" (restricted, obtain permission before use).

Images in this collection are sorted into three main categories: Anatomical and Medical, Instructional, and Lifestyle and Activity. Most images in the collection are black and white illustrations.
Image Use: NCI Visuals Online Web site is labeled either "Public Domain" (free to use) or "Copyright Protected" (restricted, obtain permission before use).

A collection of photographs, illustrations and videos. Images are downloadable in small, medium or large format.
Image Use: NCI Visuals Online Web site is labeled either "Public Domain" (free to use) or "Copyright Protected" (restricted, obtain permission before use).

This is a relatively small collection; however, it has a good selection of MRI and brain imagery.
Image Use: NCI Visuals Online Web site is labeled either "Public Domain" (free to use) or "Copyright Protected" (restricted, obtain permission before use).

A substantial list of databases and open image collections on a variety of allied health subjects.
Image Use:Please review each collection for its individual licensing and permissions.

PHIL contains photos and illustrations that can be used by educators, researchers, and health care providers to easily communicate public health messages. the public
Image Use: available for personal, professional and educational use in electronic or print media, with appropriate citation. No restrictions on Public Domain materials.

Gross and microscopic images of pathology specimens.
Image Use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licenses.Click "Some rights reserved" to view full terms.

The Wellcome Library is one of the world's greatest collections for the study of the history of medicine. Wellcome Images is one of the world's richest and most unique collections, with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science. Search for free, downloadable images taken from our library and museum collections, including paintings, illustrations, photos and more. They contain an array of topics relating to health and the human experience
Image Use: Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

A peer-reviewed digital media center for microbiology educators. Material is intended for an undergraduate audience, but the images may be applicable to wider audiences.
Image Use: The collection is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.