The research of digitized virtual human is an advanced and comprehensive subject which is interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the recent researches on this subject at home and abroad. It recommended the results of visible human project, the virtual human project initiative and digital human of America. It also presented the progress of Chinese digitized visible human research and summarized the research progress of digital human in head and neck, including the research of anatomy structures of head and neck, the research of three - dimensional reconstructive model of mandible and the research of dental stereoscopic pattern. Furthermore, it pointed out the remaining obstacles, the development trends and the prospects.
