Medical Exhibits
Multi-Trauma Injury Breakdown Legal Animation
Full-Body Injury Overview
A full-body injury overview helps organize multiple trauma sites into one clear visual story.
The animation identifies head and brain injuries, facial trauma, left arm injuries, right wrist and thumb injury, and left leg injuries with labeled callouts.
This gives the viewer an immediate understanding of the full injury pattern and its connection to the case.
Brain Injury – Blood in the Brain
The brain injury visualization shows internal trauma, including blood in the brain, through medical imaging-style views and detailed 3D anatomy. By connecting scan-like visuals with anatomical renderings, the animation helps explain the seriousness of the head injury in a way that is easier to understand. This supports medical records, testimony, and case narratives involving traumatic brain injury or intracranial bleeding
Static Images vs. Dynamic Legal Animation
Version 1 - Yellow arrow
Used the actual brain scan with a yellow arrow pointing to the area of bleeding – the kind of exhibit that gets made when the image “speaks for itself.”
Version 2 - Colorized image
Used the same scan with the affected areas colorized in red – a step up in clarity, designed to draw the eye directly to the injury.
Version 3 - Animation
An animation showing the blood in the brain – movement, context, and the injury rendered in a form the brain processes naturally.
FOX Animated Engineering proprietary focus group research
50 participants shown the same injury case presented three ways. Figures reflect the share of participants who selected each version as most convincing on the question of permanent damage an chronic pain.
FOCUS GROUP RESULTS - "Which version most convinced the brain damage is permanent and will cause chronic pain?" (N=50)
Version 1 - Yellow arrow
8%
Version 2 - Colorized image
12%
Version 3 - Animation
38%
Facial Injury Demonstrative
The facial injury demonstrative shows visible trauma to the face and head through a close-up 3D view. It helps connect external facial injuries to the broader head trauma claim and makes the injury pattern easier to understand than photographs or medical records alone.
Left Leg and Femur Injury
The left leg and femur injuries are shown through anatomical views and labeled callouts. The animation helps explain the seriousness of the lower-extremity trauma and its potential impact on mobility, pain, treatment, and long-term recovery.
Left Wrist and Arm Injuries
The left wrist and arm injuries are presented with labeled callouts and skeletal fracture visualization. This keeps the left-side injuries clear and separate from the right wrist and thumb trauma while showing how they fit into the overall injury breakdown.
Right Wrist and Thumb Injury
The right wrist and thumb injuries are shown through full-body callouts, skeletal views, and close-up fracture visuals. This helps explain how the injuries may affect hand function, grip strength, movement, and daily activities.
Chronic Conditions and Long-Term Impact
Medical Exhibits
Most of modern society receives their information via visual and written media, if not exclusively visual. For some people, this extends to learning to the extent that the only way the person can learn is if they’re able to see it with their eyes. This presents a problem for the way most trials transpire. At least a few members of the jury are likely to consider themselves visual learners and will struggle to keep up with the vast amounts of complex information that’s being presented.
The best solution to this problem is to include a visual aid. Allan Barsky said in his book, Clinicians in Court:
“As noted throughout this volume, the purpose of providing evidence at a trial is to educate the judge or jury about the facts in a case. As the saying goes, “Seeing is believing,” so using visual aids in courtroom presentations can have a critical impact on the decision makers. Seeing a torn piece of clothes may be more convincing than just hearing about it.”
Barsky, A. (2012). Clinicians in Court (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press
Medical Animation
Our cutting-edge animation technology paired with some of the most talented medical experts in the country has allowed us to become industry leaders in creating medical illustrations. We have a team of certified medical illustrators, medical practitioners, and 3D modeling engineers that can recreate any kind of surgery or injury in astonishing detail.
We’ve worked with some of the top attorneys and expert witnesses in the country, and have produced animations so precise, that they have been admitted as substantive evidence, not just demonstrative. A neutral expert witness in a particularly challenging case testified that our animation was exactly what he saw when he performed surgery on the plaintiff after the defendant misdiagnosed the plaintiff.
Medical Imaging Modeled in 3D with Perfection
“Over 2 decades I have used several animation firms nationwide to prepare medical animations based upon diagnostic imaging, e.g., x-rays, CT’s, and MRI’s. The work product was always acceptable, but never up to state-of-the-art standards for cutting-edge animation – until now.
I reached out to Fox-AE after receiving an email from their Marketing Director. The email included a link to an exemplar animation. After viewing the animation, I knew that I wanted to give Fox-AE a chance. I arranged to have the Fox-AE animation engineer fly in to meet our neuroradiology expert and review the MRI together. From there, the engineer worked with the expert to ensure that the animation was an exact match with the MRI. The result was stunning in every respect. The precision with which the animator accurately captured the MRI was without peer. Every person who has seen the animation is struck by its detail and flow. First-rate in every respect. Use Fox-AE whenever possible – your client and the jury will thank you. Opposing counsel will not.”
Stephen Malouf
Malouf & Nockels, LLP
Fox Animation Engineering - Industry Leader for Legal Graphics
The overwhelming satisfaction of our clients is living proof that we’re the best in the business for animated engineering. Ultimately, we’re here to streamline the information transfer process from you to the jury. No matter the kind of injury or the circumstances surrounding the incident, we can render a compelling representation that will leave your audience stunned.
