In a traditional journal, this means significant added expense for color separations and printing. Not only does this slow down journal production, but increases the costs which are then passed on to the author. The door is now open to publish multiple full color photographs, charts, graphs, etc in support of the scientific manuscript. An icon will be included in the margin near each figure reference to clue the reader to the fact that the image is on the CD-ROM disk. This breakthrough allows the HSF to present color on the Web while distributing the same color graphics to the readership of the print journal without cost to the author.
Surgeons are scan readers.
We berry-pick key information from a larger body of information. Each author knows more about the subject than reader. This draws the readers eyes to the essence of the presentation, which is what most busy surgeons are seeking as they peruse their journals. Surgeons are truly visual learners. We can see a procedure performed by someone else and learn nearly everything we need to duplicate that operation.