(openPR) - medicalpicture Image Contest 2006 with animations and photographs.

The medicalpicture Image Contest is designed to select the best and most spectacular pictures out of the medical & health sector as well as other scientific fields. Professional picture authors (photographers, illustrators, 3D specialists etc.), scientists, physicians as well as amateurs are hereby invited to submit their contribution to the medicalpicture contest.

Quicklink to image-contest

The following image classes may be submitted: digital photographs, micro photography, medical imaging systems, 3D pictures, schematics and animations. Each submission of course has the opportunity of winning within their Contest Categories (see below) and a plethora of other prizes are available as well. The contests is conducted in cooperation with Photokina 2006, as well as other partners and sponsors. The best images will be publicly presented throughout its duration culminating in the final event, the award ceremony at the Photokina 2006.

Contest Categories
The will be four different subject categories. These are: Research and Knowledge', 'Medical and Scientific Imaging', Human Health' and 'microcosms'.
It is possible to address each of these categories in a variety of manners. Examples of interesting submission are: images explaining scientific technology, photographs showing people interacting with the healthcare environment, animations of biological processes etc..

Picture Upload
The medicalpicture Image Contest is the first competition for scientific, medical and healthcare images which is 100 percent digital and internet based. All images must be uploaded which is possible using any commonly available browser. Exception are animations and video material. These may be submitted via CD or DVD.
Evaluation Internet users may participate in the evaluation process via the internet voting system. Each picture / image may be graded on a scale from 1 to 6, where 1 is the best grade and 6 is the worst.

Important Dates
• June 10th 2006 official start of the contest
• June 15th 2006 official start of the internet voting
• September 9th 2006 submission deadline
• September 20th 2006 internet voting ends
• September 20th to 26th 2006 evaluation through expert jury
• September 20th to October 1st 2006 award ceremony and public picture presentation at the Photokina

Public Display and Presentation
As mentioned above, the primary display of all submission will occur via the internet by way of our portals and other websites belonging to contest partners. The winning images and the overall best work will be included in the Medicalpicture presentation at the Photokina. Furthermore, the winning pictures will be presented on stage during the Photokina 2006'Meet the Professionals' program. Lastly, all submissions will be collected and sorted into portfolios and catalogues that will be accessible through the internet for at least one year.

Downloads
Animation of flying bloodcells (large version) - www.medicalpicture.de/bloodcells.mov

Weblinks
• 'Wissen-Schafft-Bilder' Homepage www.wissen-schafft-bilder.com
• photokina 2006 www.photokina.de
• medicalpicture GmbH www.medical-picture.com

Wissen-Schafft-Bilder
The 'Wissen-Schafft-Bilder' (medicalpicture Image Contest) photo contest is searching for the most spectacular and best images from all categories of medicine, health and science. Doctors, medical professionals, scientists, professional photographers and amateurs alike are called to submit their pictures and media for the medicalpicture image contest.

medicalpicture GmbH, Thomas Schmidt, Vogelsanger Str. 66, D-50823 Köln, fon: +49-221-92053-580, fax: +49-221-92053-133, schmidt@medicalpicture.de , presse: presse.medicalpicture.de , home: www.medical-picture.com

About medicalpicture
medicalpicture Gmbh was founded in 2002 in Cologne, Germany and is a subsidiary of DocCheck AG, Cologne. The managing director and founder of medicalpicture is Thomas Schmidt. medicalpicture operates the fastest growing, web-based image database in Germany with more than 100,000 images from the worlds of health, medicine, pharmacy and science. The vast majority of image authors nationally and internationally are represented on an exclusive basis. In addition to licensing image media, medicalpicture offers solutions and services for image databases, image management and image management for the industry.